Anti-TIGIT antibodies

ABSTRACT

Isolated antibodies that bind to human TIGIT (T-cell immunoreceptor with Ig and ITIM domains) are provided. In some embodiments, the antibody has a binding affinity (K D ) for human TIGIT of less than 5 nM. In some embodiments, the anti-TIGIT antibody blocks binding of CD155 and/or CD112 to TIGIT. In some embodiments, the antibodies are afucosylated.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims the benefit of priority of U.S. ProvisionalApplication No. 62/722,063, filed Aug. 23, 2018; U.S. ProvisionalApplication No. 62/734,130, filed Sep. 20, 2018; and U.S. ProvisionalApplication No. 62/822,674, filed Mar. 22, 2019; each of which isincorporated by reference herein in its entirety for any purpose.

FIELD

Provided herein are antibodies that bind to human TIGIT (T-cellimmunoreceptor with Ig and ITIM domains), and uses thereof.

BACKGROUND

TIGIT (“T-cell immunoreceptor with Ig and ITIM domains”) is an immunereceptor that is expressed on subsets of T cells, such as activated,memory, and regulatory T cells and natural killer (NK) cells. TIGIT is amember of the CD28 family within the Ig superfamily of proteins, andserves as a co-inhibitory molecule that limits T cell proliferation andactivation and NK cell function. TIGIT mediates its immunosuppressiveeffect by competing with CD226 (also known as DNAX Accessory Molecule-1,or “DNAM-1”) for the same set of ligands: CD155 (also known aspoliovirus receptor or “PVR”) and CD112 (also known as poliovirusreceptor-related 2 or “PVRL2”). See, Levin et al., Eur. J. Immunol.,2011, 41:902-915. Because the affinity of CD155 for TIGIT is higher thanits affinity for CD226, in the presence of TIGIT CD226 signaling isinhibited, thereby limiting T cell proliferation and activation.

In patients with melanoma, TIGIT expression is upregulated on tumorantigen (TA)-specific CD8⁺ T cells and CD8⁺ tumor-infiltratinglymphocytes (TILs). Blockade of TIGIT in the presence of TIGIT ligand(CD155)-expressing cells increased the proliferation, cytokineproduction, and degranulation of both TA-specific CD8⁺ T cells and CD8⁺TILs See, Chauvin et al., J Clin Invest., 2015, 125:2046-2058. Thus,TIGIT represents a potential therapeutic target for stimulatinganti-tumor T cell responses in patients, although there remains a needfor improved methods of blocking TIGIT and promoting anti-tumorresponses.

BRIEF SUMMARY Embodiment 1

A composition comprising isolated antibodies that bind to human TIGIT(T-cell immunoreceptor with Ig and ITIM domains), wherein the antibodieshave a binding affinity (K_(D)) for human TIGIT of less than 5 nM, andwherein at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, or at least99% of the antibodies in the composition are afucosylated.

Embodiment 2

The composition of embodiment 1, wherein the antibodies have a K_(D) forhuman TIGIT of less than 1 nM.

Embodiment 3

The composition of embodiment 1, wherein the antibodies have a K_(D) forhuman TIGIT of less than 100 pM.

Embodiment 4

The composition of any one of embodiments 1 to 3, wherein the antibodiesexhibit cross-reactivity with cynomolgus monkey TIGIT and/or mouseTIGIT.

Embodiment 5

The composition of embodiment 4, wherein the antibodies exhibitcross-reactivity with both cynomolgus monkey TIGIT and mouse TIGIT.

Embodiment 6

The composition of any one of embodiments 1 to 5, wherein the antibodiesblock binding of CD155 to TIGIT.

Embodiment 7

The composition of any one of embodiments 1 to 5, wherein the antibodiesblock binding of CD112 to TIGIT.

Embodiment 8

The composition of any one of embodiments 1 to 5, wherein the antibodiesblock binding of both CD155 and CD112 to TIGIT.

Embodiment 9

The composition of any one of embodiments 1 to 8, wherein the antibodiescompete for binding to human TIGIT with an antibody comprising a heavychain variable region comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:55 and a light chain variable region comprising the amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 64.

Embodiment 10

The composition of any one of embodiments 1 to 9, wherein the antibodieswhen bound to human TIGIT bind one or both of amino acid positions 81and 82.

Embodiment 11

The composition of embodiment 10, wherein the antibodies bind both ofamino acid positions 81 and 82.

Embodiment 12

The composition of embodiment 10 or embodiment 11, wherein amino acidpositions 81 and 82 are Phe81 and Lys82.

Embodiment 13

The composition of any one of embodiments 1 to 12, wherein theantibodies bind to an epitope on human TIGIT that comprises one or bothof amino acid positions 81 and 82.

Embodiment 14

A composition comprising isolated antibodies that binds to human TIGIT,wherein the antibodies when bound to human TIGIT bind one or both ofamino acid positions 81 and 82, and wherein at least 90%, at least 91%,at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, atleast 97%, at least 98%, or at least 99% of the antibodies in thecomposition are afucosylated.

Embodiment 15

The composition of embodiment 14, wherein the antibodies bind both ofamino acid positions 81 and 82.

Embodiment 16

The composition of embodiment 14 or embodiment 15, wherein amino acidpositions 81 and 82 are Phe81 and Lys82.

Embodiment 17

A composition comprising isolated antibodies that binds to human TIGIT,wherein the antibodies bind to an epitope on human TIGIT that comprisesone or both of amino acid positions 81 and 82, and wherein at least 90%,at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, atleast 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, or at least 99% of the antibodiesin the composition are afucosylated.

Embodiment 18

The composition of embodiment 13 or embodiment 17, wherein the epitopecomprises Phe at position 81.

Embodiment 19

The composition of any one of embodiments 13, 17, and 18, wherein theepitope comprises Lys or Ser at position 82.

Embodiment 20

The composition of any one of embodiments 13, and 17 to 19, wherein theepitope comprises Phe at position 81 and Lys or Ser at position 82.

Embodiment 21

The composition of embodiment 20, wherein the epitope comprises Phe81and Lys82.

Embodiment 22

The composition of any one of embodiments 13 and 17 to 21, wherein theepitope is a discontinuous epitope.

Embodiment 23

The composition of any one of embodiments 13 and 17 to 22, wherein theantibodies bind to an epitope on human TIGIT that further comprises oneor more of amino acid positions 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77,79, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, or 93.

Embodiment 24

The composition of embodiment 23, wherein the epitope further comprisesone or more amino acid residues selected from the group consisting ofThr51, Ala52, Gln53, Val54, Thr55, Leu73, Gly74, Trp75, His76, Ile77,Pro79, Asp83, Arg84, Val85, Ala86, Pro87, Gly88, Pro89, Gly90, Leu91,Gly92, and Leu93.

Embodiment 25

The composition of embodiment 24, wherein the epitope comprises theamino acid residues Thr51, Ala52, Gln53, Val54, Thr55, Gly74, Trp75,His76, Ile77, Phe81, Lys82, Pro87, Gly88, Pro89, Gly90, Leu91, Gly92,and Leu93.

Embodiment 26

The composition of embodiment 24, wherein the epitope comprises theamino acid residues Ala52, Gln53, Leu73, Gly74, Trp75, Pro79, Phe81,Lys82, Asp83, Arg84, Val85, and Ala86.

Embodiment 27

The composition of any one of embodiments 13 and 17 to 26, wherein theepitope comprises the sequence ICNADLGWHISPSFK (SEQ ID NO: 258).

Embodiment 28

The composition of any one of embodiments 1 to 27, wherein human TIGITcomprises the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 218.

Embodiment 29

The composition of any one of embodiments 1 to 28, wherein each of theantibodies comprises one or more of:

-   -   (a) a heavy chain CDR1 comprising a sequence selected from SEQ        ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:22, SEQ ID NO:40, SEQ ID NO:58, SEQ ID NO:76,        SEQ ID NO:94, SEQ ID NO:112, SEQ ID NO:130, SEQ ID NO:148, SEQ        ID NO:166, SEQ ID NO:184, SEQ ID NO:202, SEQ ID NO:221, SEQ ID        NO:224, SEQ ID NO:226, SEQ ID NO:231, SEQ ID NO:233, SEQ ID        NO:239, SEQ ID NO:243, SEQ ID NO:283, SEQ ID NO:284, SEQ ID        NO:293, SEQ ID NO:294, SEQ ID NO:289, and SEQ ID NO:290;    -   (b) a heavy chain CDR2 comprising a sequence selected from SEQ        ID NO:6, SEQ ID NO:24, SEQ ID NO:42, SEQ ID NO:60, SEQ ID NO:78,        SEQ ID NO:96, SEQ ID NO:114, SEQ ID NO:132, SEQ ID NO:150, SEQ        ID NO:168, SEQ ID NO:186, SEQ ID NO:204, SEQ ID NO:222, SEQ ID        NO:225, SEQ ID NO:227, SEQ ID NO:229, SEQ ID NO:232, SEQ ID        NO:234, SEQ ID NO:238, SEQ ID NO:240, SEQ ID NO:285, SEQ ID        NO:297, SEQ ID NO:291, and SEQ ID NO:295;    -   (c) a heavy chain CDR3 comprising a sequence selected from SEQ        ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:26, SEQ ID NO:44, SEQ ID NO:62, SEQ ID NO:80,        SEQ ID NO:98, SEQ ID NO:116, SEQ ID NO:134, SEQ ID NO:152, SEQ        ID NO:170, SEQ ID NO:188, SEQ ID NO:206, SEQ ID NO:223, SEQ ID        NO:228, SEQ ID NO:230, SEQ ID NO:235, SEQ ID NO:236, SEQ ID        NO:237, SEQ ID NO:241, SEQ ID NO:242, SEQ ID NO:244, SEQ ID        NO:286, SEQ ID NO:292, and SEQ ID NO:296;    -   (d) a light chain CDR1 comprising a sequence selected from SEQ        ID NO:13, SEQ ID NO:31, SEQ ID NO:49, SEQ ID NO:67, SEQ ID        NO:85, SEQ ID NO:103, SEQ ID NO:121, SEQ ID NO:139, SEQ ID        NO:157, SEQ ID NO:175, SEQ ID NO:193, SEQ ID NO:211, and SEQ ID        NO:287;    -   (e) a light chain CDR2 comprising a sequence selected from SEQ        ID NO:15, SEQ ID NO:33, SEQ ID NO:51, SEQ ID NO:69, SEQ ID        NO:87, SEQ ID NO:105, SEQ ID NO:123, SEQ ID NO:141, SEQ ID        NO:159, SEQ ID NO:177, SEQ ID NO:195, SEQ ID NO:213, and SEQ ID        NO:288; or    -   (f) a light chain CDR3 comprising a sequence selected from SEQ        ID NO:17, SEQ ID NO:35, SEQ ID NO:53, SEQ ID NO:71, SEQ ID        NO:89, SEQ ID NO:107, SEQ ID NO:125, SEQ ID NO:143, SEQ ID        NO:161, SEQ ID NO:179, SEQ ID NO:197, and SEQ ID NO:215.

Embodiment 30

The composition of embodiment 29, wherein each of the antibodiescomprises:

-   -   (a) a heavy chain CDR1 sequence comprising an amino acid        sequence selected from SEQ ID NO:58, SEQ ID NO:283, SEQ ID        NO:284, SEQ ID NO:224, SEQ ID NO:293, SEQ ID NO:294, SEQ ID        NO:226, SEQ ID NO:289, and SEQ ID NO:290;    -   (b) a heavy chain CDR2 sequence comprising an amino acid        sequence selected from SEQ ID NO:60, SEQ ID NO:285, SEQ ID        NO:225, SEQ ID NO:297, SEQ ID NO:227, SEQ ID NO:291, SEQ ID        NO:229, and SEQ ID NO:295;    -   (c) a heavy chain CDR3 sequence comprising an amino acid        sequence selected from SEQ ID NO:62, SEQ ID NO:286, SEQ ID        NO:228, SEQ ID NO:292, SEQ ID NO:230, and SEQ ID NO:296;    -   (d) a light chain CDR1 sequence comprising an amino acid        sequence selected from SEQ ID NO:67 and SEQ ID NO:287;    -   (e) a light chain CDR2 sequence comprising an amino acid        sequence selected from SEQ ID NO:69 and SEQ ID NO:288; and/or    -   (f) a light chain CDR3 sequence comprising the amino acid        sequence of SEQ ID NO:71.

Embodiment 31

The composition of embodiment 29 or embodiment 30, wherein each of theantibodies comprises a heavy chain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 and a lightchain CDR1, CDR, and CDR3 comprising the sequences of:

-   -   (a) SEQ ID NOs: 4, 6, 8, 13, 15, and 17, respectively; or    -   (b) SEQ ID NOs: 22, 24, 26, 31, 33, and 35, respectively; or    -   (c) SEQ ID NOs: 40, 42, 44, 49, 51, and 53, respectively; or    -   (d) SEQ ID NOs: 58, 60, 62, 67, 69, and 71, respectively; or    -   (e) SEQ ID NOs: 283, 285, 62, 287, 288, and 71, respectively; or    -   (f) SEQ ID NOs: 284, 60, 286, 67, 69, and 71, respectively; or    -   (g) SEQ ID NOs: 76, 78, 80, 85, 87, and 89, respectively; or    -   (h) SEQ ID NOs: 94, 96, 98, 103, 105, and 107, respectively; or    -   (i) SEQ ID NOs: 112, 114, 116, 121, 123, and 125, respectively;        or    -   (j) SEQ ID NOs: 130, 132, 134, 139, 141, and 143, respectively;        or    -   (k) SEQ ID NOs: 148, 150, 152, 157, 159, and 161, respectively;        or    -   (l) SEQ ID NOs: 166, 168, 170, 175, 177, and 179, respectively;        or    -   (m) SEQ ID NOs: 184, 186, 188, 193, 195, and 197, respectively;        or    -   (n) SEQ ID NOs: 202, 204, 206, 211, 213, and 215, respectively;        or    -   (o) SEQ ID NOs: 221, 222, 223, 13, 15, and 17, respectively; or    -   (p) SEQ ID NOs: 224, 225, 62, 67, 69, and 71, respectively; or    -   (q) SEQ ID NOs: 293, 297, 62, 287, 288, and 71, respectively; or    -   (r) SEQ ID NOs: 294, 225, 286, 67, 69, and 71, respectively; or    -   (s) SEQ ID NOs: 226, 227, 228, 67, 69, and 71, respectively; or    -   (t) SEQ ID NOs: 289, 291, 228, 287, 288, and 71, respectively;        or    -   (u) SEQ ID NOs: 290, 227, 292, 67, 69, and 71, respectively; or    -   (v) SEQ ID NOs: 224, 229, 230, 67, 69, and 71, respectively; or    -   (w) SEQ ID NOs: 293, 295, 230, 287, 288, and 71, respectively;        or    -   (x) SEQ ID NOs: 294, 229, 296, 67, 69, and 71, respectively; or    -   (y) SEQ ID NOs: 224, 227, 230, 67, 69, and 71, respectively; or    -   (z) SEQ ID NOs: 293, 290, 230, 287, 288, and 71, respectively;        or    -   (aa) SEQ ID NOs: 294, 290, 230, 67, 69, and 71, respectively; or    -   (bb) SEQ ID NOs: 231, 232, 235, 103, 105, and 107, respectively;        or    -   (cc) SEQ ID NOs: 233, 234, 236, 103, 105, and 107, respectively;        or    -   (dd) SEQ ID NOs: 233, 234, 237, 103, 105, and 107, respectively;        or    -   (ee) SEQ ID NOs: 166, 238, 170, 175, 177, and 179, respectively;        or    -   (ff) SEQ ID NOs: 239, 240, 170, 175, 177, and 179, respectively;        or    -   (gg) SEQ ID NOs: 239, 240, 241, 175, 177, and 179, respectively;        or    -   (hh) SEQ ID NOs: 239, 240, 242, 175, 177, and 179, respectively;        or    -   (ii) SEQ ID NOs: 243, 168, 244, 175, 177, and 179, respectively.

Embodiment 32

The composition of any one of embodiments 1 to 31, wherein each of theantibodies comprises a heavy chain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 and a lightchain CDR1, CDR, and CDR3 comprising the sequences of:

-   -   (a) SEQ ID NOs: 58, 60, 62, 67, 69, and 71, respectively; or    -   (b) SEQ ID NOs: 283, 285, 62, 287, 288, and 71, respectively; or    -   (c) SEQ ID NOs: 284, 60, 286, 67, 69, and 71, respectively.

Embodiment 33

The composition of any one of embodiments 1 to 32, wherein each of theantibodies comprises:

-   -   (a) a heavy chain variable region comprising an amino acid        sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:1,        SEQ ID NO:19, SEQ ID NO:37, SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:73, SEQ ID        NO:91, SEQ ID NO:109, SEQ ID NO:127, SEQ ID NO:145, SEQ ID        NO:163, SEQ ID NO:181, SEQ ID NO:199, SEQ ID NO:245, SEQ ID        NO:246, SEQ ID NO:247, SEQ ID NO:248, SEQ ID NO:249, SEQ ID        NO:250, SEQ ID NO:251, SEQ ID NO:252, SEQ ID NO:253, SEQ ID        NO:254, SEQ ID NO:255, SEQ ID NO:256, or SEQ ID NO:257; and/or    -   (b) a light chain variable region comprising an amino acid        sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID        NO:10, SEQ ID NO:28, SEQ ID NO:46, SEQ ID NO:64, SEQ ID NO:82,        SEQ ID NO:100, SEQ ID NO:118, SEQ ID NO:136, SEQ ID NO:154, SEQ        ID NO:172, SEQ ID NO:190, or SEQ ID NO:208.

Embodiment 34

The composition of any one of embodiments 1 to 33, wherein each of theantibodies comprises:

-   -   (a) a heavy chain variable region comprising an amino acid        sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:1        or SEQ ID NO:245 and a light chain variable region comprising an        amino acid sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to        SEQ ID NO:10; or    -   (b) a heavy chain variable region comprising an amino acid        sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:19        and a light chain variable region comprising an amino acid        sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID        NO:28; or    -   (c) a heavy chain variable region comprising an amino acid        sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:37        and a light chain variable region comprising an amino acid        sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID        NO:46; or    -   (d) a heavy chain variable region comprising an amino acid        sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to any one of        SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:246, SEQ ID NO:247, SEQ ID NO:248, or        SEQ ID NO:249 and a light chain variable region comprising an        amino acid sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to        SEQ ID NO:64; or    -   (e) a heavy chain variable region comprising an amino acid        sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:73        and a light chain variable region comprising an amino acid        sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID        NO:82; or    -   (f) a heavy chain variable region comprising an amino acid        sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to any one of        SEQ ID NO:91, SEQ ID NO:250, SEQ ID NO:251, or SEQ ID NO:252 and        a light chain variable region comprising an amino acid sequence        that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:100; or    -   (g) a heavy chain variable region comprising an amino acid        sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID        NO:109 and a light chain variable region comprising an amino        acid sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID        NO:118; or    -   (h) a heavy chain variable region comprising an amino acid        sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID        NO:127 and a light chain variable region comprising an amino        acid sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID        NO:136; or    -   (i) a heavy chain variable region comprising an amino acid        sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID        NO:145 and a light chain variable region comprising an amino        acid sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID        NO:154; or    -   (j) a heavy chain variable region comprising an amino acid        sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to any one of        SEQ ID NO:163, SEQ ID NO:253, SEQ ID NO:254, SEQ ID NO:255, SEQ        ID NO:256, or SEQ ID NO:257 and a light chain variable region        comprising an amino acid sequence that has at least 90% sequence        identity to SEQ ID NO:172; or    -   (k) a heavy chain variable region comprising an amino acid        sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID        NO:181 and a light chain variable region comprising an amino        acid sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID        NO:190; or    -   (l) a heavy chain variable region comprising an amino acid        sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID        NO:199 and a light chain variable region comprising an amino        acid sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID        NO:208.

Embodiment 35

The composition of embodiment 34, wherein each of the antibodiescomprises:

-   -   (a) a heavy chain variable region comprising the amino acid        sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 or SEQ ID NO:245 and a light chain        variable region comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID        NO:10; or    -   (b) a heavy chain variable region comprising the amino acid        sequence of SEQ ID NO:19 and a light chain variable region        comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:28; or    -   (c) a heavy chain variable region comprising the amino acid        sequence of SEQ ID NO:37 and a light chain variable region        comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:46; or    -   (d) a heavy chain variable region comprising the amino acid        sequence of any one of SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:246, SEQ ID        NO:247, SEQ ID NO:248, or SEQ ID NO:249 and a light chain        variable region comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID        NO:64; or    -   (e) a heavy chain variable region comprising the amino acid        sequence of SEQ ID NO:73 and a light chain variable region        comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:82; or    -   (f) a heavy chain variable region comprising the amino acid        sequence of any one of SEQ ID NO:91, SEQ ID NO:250, SEQ ID        NO:251, or SEQ ID NO:252 and a light chain variable region        comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:100; or    -   (g) a heavy chain variable region comprising the amino acid        sequence of SEQ ID NO:109 and a light chain variable region        comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:118; or    -   (h) a heavy chain variable region comprising the amino acid        sequence of SEQ ID NO:127 and a light chain variable region        comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:136; or    -   (i) a heavy chain variable region comprising the amino acid        sequence of SEQ ID NO:145 and a light chain variable region        comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:154; or    -   (j) a heavy chain variable region comprising the amino acid        sequence of any one of SEQ ID NO:163, SEQ ID NO:253, SEQ ID        NO:254, SEQ ID NO:255, SEQ ID NO:256, or SEQ ID NO:257 and a        light chain variable region comprising the amino acid sequence        of SEQ ID NO:172; or    -   (k) a heavy chain variable region comprising the amino acid        sequence of SEQ ID NO:181 and a light chain variable region        comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:190; or    -   (l) a heavy chain variable region comprising the amino acid        sequence of SEQ ID NO:199 and a light chain variable region        comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:208.

Embodiment 36

The composition of any one of embodiments 1 to 35, wherein each of theantibodies comprises a heavy chain variable region comprising the aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO:55, and a light chain variable regioncomprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:64.

Embodiment 37

The composition of any one of embodiments 1 to 36, wherein theantibodies are IgG antibodies.

Embodiment 38

The composition of embodiment 37, wherein the antibodies are IgG1antibodies or IgG3 antibodies.

Embodiment 39

The composition of any one of embodiments 1 to 38, wherein each of theantibodies comprises a heavy chain comprising an amino acid sequenceselected from SEQ ID NOs: 260, 262, 264, 266, 268, 270, and 272; and alight chain comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 274.

Embodiment 40

The composition of embodiment 39, wherein each of the antibodiescomprises a heavy chain comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNOs: 260; and a light chain comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 274.

Embodiment 41

The composition of embodiment 39, wherein each of the antibodiescomprises a heavy chain consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNOs: 260; and a light chain consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQID NO: 274.

Embodiment 42

A composition comprising isolated antibodies that bind to human TIGIT,wherein at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, or at least99% of the antibodies in the composition are afucosylated, and whereineach of the antibodies comprises a heavy chain comprising the amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NOs: 260; and a light chain comprising the amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 274.

Embodiment 43

A composition comprising isolated antibodies that bind to human TIGIT,wherein at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, or at least99% of the antibodies in the composition are afucosylated, and whereineach of the antibodies comprises a heavy chain consisting of the aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NOs: 260; and a light chain consisting of theamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 274.

Embodiment 44

The composition of any one of embodiments 1 to 43, wherein theantibodies exhibit synergy with an anti-PD-1 antibody or an anti-PD-L1antibody.

Embodiment 45

The composition of embodiment 44, wherein synergy is determined using anassay that comprises contacting a co-culture comprising (i) Jurkateffector cells that express PD-1, TIGIT and CD226, wherein the Jurkateffector cells comprise a luciferase reporter gene driven by the IL-2promoter; and (ii) CHO-K1 artificial antigen presenting cells (aAPCs)expressing a TCR activator, PD-L1 and CD155; with the composition and ananti-PD-1 antibody or an anti-PD-L1 antibody.

Embodiment 46

The composition of any one of embodiments 1 to 45, wherein regulatory T(Treg) cells are depleted from human PBMCs contacted with thecomposition.

Embodiment 47

The composition of any one of embodiments 1 to 46, expression of MCP1,IL-8, and MIP1α is increased in human PBMCs contacted with thecomposition.

Embodiment 48

The composition of any one of embodiments 1 to 47, whereinmonocyte/macrophages are activated when contacted with the composition.

Embodiment 49

The composition of any one of embodiments 1 to 48, wherein CD86 and WWIIare upregulated when CD14+ monocyte/macrophages are contacted with thecomposition.

Embodiment 50

The composition of any one of embodiments 1 to 49, wherein CD14+monocyte/macrophages contacted with the composition mature into antigenpresenting cells.

Embodiment 51

The composition of any one of embodiments 1 to 50, wherein the memory Tcells contacted with the composition show increasd IFNγ production inresponse to antigen.

Embodiment 52

The composition of any one of embodiments 1 to 51, wherein the memory Tcells contacted with the composition demonstrate enhanced response toantigen.

Embodiment 53

The composition of any one of embodiments 1 to 52, wherein effectormemory CD8+ T cells and/or effector memory CD4+ T cells are increased intumors contacted with the composition.

Embodiment 54

The composition of any one of embodiments 1 to 53, wherein thecomposition enhances a Th1 response in an animal administered thecomposition.

Embodiment 55

The composition of any one of embodiments 1 to 54, wherein theantibodies of the composition have lower binding affinity for FcγRIIaand/or FcγRIIb compared to the same anti-TIGIT antibodies that are notafucosylated.

Embodiment 56

The composition of any one of embodiments 1 to 55, wherein thecomposition mediates antibody-dependent cellular phagocytosis (ADCP) ofcells that express TIGIT in the presence of monocyte macrophages.

Embodiment 57

The composition of any one of embodiments 1 to 56, wherein theantibodies are monoclonal.

Embodiment 58

The composition of any one of embodiments 1 to 57, wherein theantibodies are fully human antibodies.

Embodiment 59

The composition of any one of embodiments 1 to 58, wherein theantibodies are chimeric antibodies.

Embodiment 60

The composition of any one of embodiments 1 to 28 and 44 to 59, whereinthe antibodies are humanized.

Embodiment 61

The composition of any one of embodiments 1 to 60, wherein theantibodies are antibody fragments.

Embodiment 62

The composition of embodiment 61, wherein the antibody fragments areFab, Fab′, F(ab′)₂, scFv, or diabodies.

Embodiment 63

The composition of any one of embodiments 1 to 62, wherein theantibodies are bispecific antibodies.

Embodiment 64

The composition of any one of embodiments 1 to 63, wherein theantibodies are antibody-drug conjugates.

Embodiment 65

An antibody that binds to human TIGIT (T-cell immunoreceptor with Ig andITIM domains), wherein the antibody has a binding affinity (K_(D)) forhuman TIGIT of less than 5 nM, and wherein the antibody is afucosylated.

Embodiment 66

The antibody of embodiment 65, wherein the antibody has a K_(D) forhuman TIGIT of less than 1 nM.

Embodiment 67

The antibody of embodiment 66, wherein antibody has a K_(D) for humanTIGIT of less than 100 pM.

Embodiment 68

The antibody of any one of embodiments 65 to 67, wherein antibodyexhibits cross-reactivity with cynomolgus monkey TIGIT and/or mouseTIGIT.

Embodiment 69

The antibody of embodiment 68, wherein the antibody exhibitscross-reactivity with both cynomolgus monkey TIGIT and mouse TIGIT.

Embodiment 70

The antibody of any one of embodiments 65 to 69, wherein the antibodyblocks binding of CD155 to TIGIT.

Embodiment 71

The antibody of any one of embodiments 65 to 70, wherein the antibodyblocks binding of CD112 to TIGIT.

Embodiment 72

The antibody of any one of embodiments 65 to 71, wherein the antibodyblocks binding of both CD155 and CD112 to TIGIT.

Embodiment 73

The antibody of any one of embodiments 65 to 72, wherein the antibodycompetes for binding to human TIGIT with an antibody comprising a heavychain variable region comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:55 and a light chain variable region comprising the amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 64.

Embodiment 74

The antibody of any one of embodiments 65 to 73, wherein when bound tohuman TIGIT binds one or both of amino acid positions 81 and 82.

Embodiment 75

The antibody of embodiment 74, wherein the antibody binds both of aminoacid positions 81 and 82.

Embodiment 76

The antibody of embodiment 74 or embodiment 75, wherein amino acidpositions 81 and 82 are Phe81 and Lys82.

Embodiment 77

The antibody of any one of embodiments 65 to 76, wherein the antibodybinds to an epitope on human TIGIT that comprises one or both of aminoacid positions 81 and 82.

Embodiment 78

An antibody that binds to human TIGIT, wherein when bound to human TIGITbinds one or both of amino acid positions 81 and 82, and wherein theantibody is afucosylated.

Embodiment 79

The antibody of embodiment 78, wherein the antibody binds both of aminoacid positions 81 and 82.

Embodiment 80

The antibody of embodiment 78 or embodiment 79, wherein amino acidpositions 81 and 82 are Phe81 and Lys82.

Embodiment 81

An antibody that binds to human TIGIT, wherein the antibody binds to anepitope on human TIGIT that comprises one or both of amino acidpositions 81 and 82, and wherein the antibody is afucosylated.

Embodiment 82

The antibody of embodiment 77 or embodiment 81, wherein the epitopecomprises Phe at position 81.

Embodiment 83

The antibody of any one of embodiments 77, 81, and 82, wherein theepitope comprises Lys or Ser at position 82.

Embodiment 84

The antibody of any one of embodiments 77 and 81 to 83, wherein theepitope comprises Phe at position 81 and Lys or Ser at position 82.

Embodiment 85

The antibody of embodiment 84, wherein the epitope comprises Phe81 andLys82.

Embodiment 86

The antibody of any one of embodiments 77 and 81 to 85, wherein theepitope is a discontinuous epitope.

Embodiment 87

The antibody of any one of embodiments 77 and 81 to 86, wherein theantibody binds to an epitope on human TIGIT that further comprises oneor more of amino acid positions 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77,79, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, or 93.

Embodiment 88

The antibody of embodiment 87, wherein the epitope further comprises oneor more amino acid residues selected from the group consisting of Thr51,Ala52, Gln53, Val54, Thr55, Leu73, Gly74, Trp75, His76, Ile77, Pro79,Asp83, Arg84, Val85, Ala86, Pro87, Gly88, Pro89, Gly90, Leu91, Gly92,and Leu93.

Embodiment 89

The antibody of embodiment 88, wherein the epitope comprises the aminoacid residues Thr51, Ala52, Gln53, Val54, Thr55, Gly74, Trp75, His76,Ile77, Phe81, Lys82, Pro87, Gly88, Pro89, Gly90, Leu91, Gly92, andLeu93.

Embodiment 90

The antibody of embodiment 88, wherein the epitope comprises the aminoacid residues Ala52, Gln53, Leu73, Gly74, Trp75, Pro79, Phe81, Lys82,Asp83, Arg84, Val85, and Ala86.

Embodiment 91

The antibody of any one of embodiments 77 and 81 to 90, wherein theepitope comprises the sequence ICNADLGWHISPSFK (SEQ ID NO: 258).

Embodiment 92

The antibody of any one of embodiments 65 to 91, wherein human TIGITcomprises the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 218.

Embodiment 93

The antibody of any one of embodiments 65 to 92, wherein the antibodycomprises one or more of:

-   -   (a) a heavy chain CDR1 comprising a sequence selected from SEQ        ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:22, SEQ ID NO:40, SEQ ID NO:58, SEQ ID NO:76,        SEQ ID NO:94, SEQ ID NO:112, SEQ ID NO:130, SEQ ID NO:148, SEQ        ID NO:166, SEQ ID NO:184, SEQ ID NO:202, SEQ ID NO:221, SEQ ID        NO:224, SEQ ID NO:226, SEQ ID NO:231, SEQ ID NO:233, SEQ ID        NO:239, SEQ ID NO:243, SEQ ID NO:283, SEQ ID NO:284, SEQ ID        NO:293, SEQ ID NO:294, SEQ ID NO:289, and SEQ ID NO:290;    -   (b) a heavy chain CDR2 comprising a sequence selected from SEQ        ID NO:6, SEQ ID NO:24, SEQ ID NO:42, SEQ ID NO:60, SEQ ID NO:78,        SEQ ID NO:96, SEQ ID NO:114, SEQ ID NO:132, SEQ ID NO:150, SEQ        ID NO:168, SEQ ID NO:186, SEQ ID NO:204, SEQ ID NO:222, SEQ ID        NO:225, SEQ ID NO:227, SEQ ID NO:229, SEQ ID NO:232, SEQ ID        NO:234, SEQ ID NO:238, SEQ ID NO:240, SEQ ID NO:285, SEQ ID        NO:297, SEQ ID NO:291, and SEQ ID NO:295;    -   (c) a heavy chain CDR3 comprising a sequence selected from SEQ        ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:26, SEQ ID NO:44, SEQ ID NO:62, SEQ ID NO:80,        SEQ ID NO:98, SEQ ID NO:116, SEQ ID NO:134, SEQ ID NO:152, SEQ        ID NO:170, SEQ ID NO:188, SEQ ID NO:206, SEQ ID NO:223, SEQ ID        NO:228, SEQ ID NO:230, SEQ ID NO:235, SEQ ID NO:236, SEQ ID        NO:237, SEQ ID NO:241, SEQ ID NO:242, SEQ ID NO:244, SEQ ID        NO:286, SEQ ID NO:292, and SEQ ID NO:296;    -   (d) a light chain CDR1 comprising a sequence selected from SEQ        ID NO:13, SEQ ID NO:31, SEQ ID NO:49, SEQ ID NO:67, SEQ ID        NO:85, SEQ ID NO:103, SEQ ID NO:121, SEQ ID NO:139, SEQ ID        NO:157, SEQ ID NO:175, SEQ ID NO:193, SEQ ID NO:211, and SEQ ID        NO:287;    -   (e) a light chain CDR2 comprising a sequence selected from SEQ        ID NO:15, SEQ ID NO:33, SEQ ID NO:51, SEQ ID NO:69, SEQ ID        NO:87, SEQ ID NO:105, SEQ ID NO:123, SEQ ID NO:141, SEQ ID        NO:159, SEQ ID NO:177, SEQ ID NO:195, SEQ ID NO:213, and SEQ ID        NO:288; or    -   (f) a light chain CDR3 comprising a sequence selected from SEQ        ID NO:17, SEQ ID NO:35, SEQ ID NO:53, SEQ ID NO:71, SEQ ID        NO:89, SEQ ID NO:107, SEQ ID NO:125, SEQ ID NO:143, SEQ ID        NO:161, SEQ ID NO:179, SEQ ID NO:197, and SEQ ID NO:215.

Embodiment 94

The antibody of embodiment 93, wherein the antibody comprises:

-   -   (d) a heavy chain CDR1 sequence comprising an amino acid        sequence selected from SEQ ID NO:58, SEQ ID NO:283, SEQ ID        NO:284, SEQ ID NO:224, SEQ ID NO:293, SEQ ID NO:294, SEQ ID        NO:226, SEQ ID NO:289, and SEQ ID NO:290;    -   (e) a heavy chain CDR2 sequence comprising an amino acid        sequence selected from SEQ ID NO:60, SEQ ID NO:285, SEQ ID        NO:225, SEQ ID NO:297, SEQ ID NO:227, SEQ ID NO:291, SEQ ID        NO:229, and SEQ ID NO:295;    -   (f) a heavy chain CDR3 sequence comprising an amino acid        sequence selected from SEQ ID NO:62, SEQ ID NO:286, SEQ ID        NO:228, SEQ ID NO:292, SEQ ID NO:230, and SEQ ID NO:296;    -   (g) a light chain CDR1 sequence comprising an amino acid        sequence selected from SEQ ID NO:67 and SEQ ID NO:287;    -   (h) a light chain CDR2 sequence comprising an amino acid        sequence selected from SEQ ID NO:69 and SEQ ID NO:288; and/or    -   (i) a light chain CDR3 sequence comprising the amino acid        sequence of SEQ ID NO:71.

Embodiment 95

The antibody of embodiment 94, wherein the antibody comprises a heavychain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 and a light chain CDR1, CDR, and CDR3comprising the sequences of:

-   -   (a) SEQ ID NOs: 4, 6, 8, 13, 15, and 17, respectively; or    -   (b) SEQ ID NOs: 22, 24, 26, 31, 33, and 35, respectively; or    -   (c) SEQ ID NOs: 40, 42, 44, 49, 51, and 53, respectively; or    -   (d) SEQ ID NOs: 58, 60, 62, 67, 69, and 71, respectively; or    -   (e) SEQ ID NOs: 76, 78, 80, 85, 87, and 89, respectively; or    -   (f) SEQ ID NOs: 94, 96, 98, 103, 105, and 107, respectively; or    -   (g) SEQ ID NOs: 112, 114, 116, 121, 123, and 125, respectively;        or    -   (h) SEQ ID NOs: 130, 132, 134, 139, 141, and 143, respectively;        or    -   (i) SEQ ID NOs: 148, 150, 152, 157, 159, and 161, respectively;        or    -   (j) SEQ ID NOs: 166, 168, 170, 175, 177, and 179, respectively;        or    -   (k) SEQ ID NOs: 184, 186, 188, 193, 195, and 197, respectively;        or    -   (l) SEQ ID NOs: 202, 204, 206, 211, 213, and 215, respectively;        or    -   (m) SEQ ID NOs: 221, 222, 223, 13, 15, and 17, respectively; or    -   (n) SEQ ID NOs: 224, 225, 62, 67, 69, and 71, respectively; or    -   (o) SEQ ID NOs: 226, 227, 228, 67, 69, and 71, respectively; or    -   (p) SEQ ID NOs: 224, 229, 230, 67, 69, and 71, respectively; or    -   (q) SEQ ID NOs: 224, 227, 230, 67, 69, and 71, respectively; or    -   (r) SEQ ID NOs: 231, 232, 235, 103, 105, and 107, respectively;        or    -   (s) SEQ ID NOs: 233, 234, 236, 103, 105, and 107, respectively;        or    -   (t) SEQ ID NOs: 233, 234, 237, 103, 105, and 107, respectively;        or    -   (u) SEQ ID NOs: 166, 238, 170, 175, 177, and 179, respectively;        or    -   (v) SEQ ID NOs: 239, 240, 170, 175, 177, and 179, respectively;        or    -   (w) SEQ ID NOs: 239, 240, 241, 175, 177, and 179, respectively;        or    -   (x) SEQ ID NOs: 239, 240, 242, 175, 177, and 179, respectively;        or    -   (y) SEQ ID NOs: 243, 168, 244, 175, 177, and 179, respectively.

Embodiment 96

The antibody of any one of embodiments 65 to 95, wherein the antibodycomprises a heavy chain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 and a light chain CDR1,CDR, and CDR3 comprising the sequences of:

-   -   (j) SEQ ID NOs: 58, 60, 62, 67, 69, and 71, respectively; or    -   (k) SEQ ID NOs: 283, 285, 62, 287, 288, and 71, respectively; or    -   (l) SEQ ID NOs: 284, 60, 286, 67, 69, and 71, respectively.

Embodiment 97

The antibody of any one of embodiments 65 to 96, wherein the antibodycomprises:

-   -   (a) a heavy chain variable region comprising an amino acid        sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:1,        SEQ ID NO:19, SEQ ID NO:37, SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:73, SEQ ID        NO:91, SEQ ID NO:109, SEQ ID NO:127, SEQ ID NO:145, SEQ ID        NO:163, SEQ ID NO:181, SEQ ID NO:199, SEQ ID NO:245, SEQ ID        NO:246, SEQ ID NO:247, SEQ ID NO:248, SEQ ID NO:249, SEQ ID        NO:250, SEQ ID NO:251, SEQ ID NO:252, SEQ ID NO:253, SEQ ID        NO:254, SEQ ID NO:255, SEQ ID NO:256, or SEQ ID NO:257; and/or    -   (b) a light chain variable region comprising an amino acid        sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID        NO:10, SEQ ID NO:28, SEQ ID NO:46, SEQ ID NO:64, SEQ ID NO:82,        SEQ ID NO:100, SEQ ID NO:118, SEQ ID NO:136, SEQ ID NO:154, SEQ        ID NO:172, SEQ ID NO:190, or SEQ ID NO:208.

Embodiment 98

The antibody of any one of embodiments 65 to 97, wherein the antibodycomprises:

-   -   (a) a heavy chain variable region comprising an amino acid        sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:1        or SEQ ID NO:245 and a light chain variable region comprising an        amino acid sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to        SEQ ID NO:10; or    -   (b) a heavy chain variable region comprising an amino acid        sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:19        and a light chain variable region comprising an amino acid        sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID        NO:28; or    -   (c) a heavy chain variable region comprising an amino acid        sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:37        and a light chain variable region comprising an amino acid        sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID        NO:46; or    -   (d) a heavy chain variable region comprising an amino acid        sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to any one of        SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:246, SEQ ID NO:247, SEQ ID NO:248, or        SEQ ID NO:249 and a light chain variable region comprising an        amino acid sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to        SEQ ID NO:64; or    -   (e) a heavy chain variable region comprising an amino acid        sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:73        and a light chain variable region comprising an amino acid        sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID        NO:82; or    -   (f) a heavy chain variable region comprising an amino acid        sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to any one of        SEQ ID NO:91, SEQ ID NO:250, SEQ ID NO:251, or SEQ ID NO:252 and        a light chain variable region comprising an amino acid sequence        that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:100; or    -   (g) a heavy chain variable region comprising an amino acid        sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID        NO:109 and a light chain variable region comprising an amino        acid sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID        NO:118; or    -   (h) a heavy chain variable region comprising an amino acid        sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID        NO:127 and a light chain variable region comprising an amino        acid sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID        NO:136; or    -   (i) a heavy chain variable region comprising an amino acid        sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID        NO:145 and a light chain variable region comprising an amino        acid sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID        NO:154; or    -   (j) a heavy chain variable region comprising an amino acid        sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to any one of        SEQ ID NO:163, SEQ ID NO:253, SEQ ID NO:254, SEQ ID NO:255, SEQ        ID NO:256, or SEQ ID NO:257 and a light chain variable region        comprising an amino acid sequence that has at least 90% sequence        identity to SEQ ID NO:172; or    -   (k) a heavy chain variable region comprising an amino acid        sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID        NO:181 and a light chain variable region comprising an amino        acid sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID        NO:190; or    -   (l) a heavy chain variable region comprising an amino acid        sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID        NO:199 and a light chain variable region comprising an amino        acid sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID        NO:208.

Embodiment 99

The antibody of embodiment 98, wherein the antibody comprises:

-   -   (a) a heavy chain variable region comprising the amino acid        sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 or SEQ ID NO:245 and a light chain        variable region comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID        NO:10; or    -   (b) a heavy chain variable region comprising the amino acid        sequence of SEQ ID NO:19 and a light chain variable region        comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:28; or    -   (c) a heavy chain variable region comprising the amino acid        sequence of SEQ ID NO:37 and a light chain variable region        comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:46; or    -   (d) a heavy chain variable region comprising the amino acid        sequence of any one of SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:246, SEQ ID        NO:247, SEQ ID NO:248, or SEQ ID NO:249 and a light chain        variable region comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID        NO:64; or    -   (e) a heavy chain variable region comprising the amino acid        sequence of SEQ ID NO:73 and a light chain variable region        comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:82; or    -   (f) a heavy chain variable region comprising the amino acid        sequence of any one of SEQ ID NO:91, SEQ ID NO:250, SEQ ID        NO:251, or SEQ ID NO:252 and a light chain variable region        comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:100; or    -   (g) a heavy chain variable region comprising the amino acid        sequence of SEQ ID NO:109 and a light chain variable region        comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:118; or    -   (h) a heavy chain variable region comprising the amino acid        sequence of SEQ ID NO:127 and a light chain variable region        comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:136; or    -   (i) a heavy chain variable region comprising the amino acid        sequence of SEQ ID NO:145 and a light chain variable region        comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:154; or    -   (j) a heavy chain variable region comprising the amino acid        sequence of any one of SEQ ID NO:163, SEQ ID NO:253, SEQ ID        NO:254, SEQ ID NO:255, SEQ ID NO:256, or SEQ ID NO:257 and a        light chain variable region comprising the amino acid sequence        of SEQ ID NO:172; or    -   (k) a heavy chain variable region comprising the amino acid        sequence of SEQ ID NO:181 and a light chain variable region        comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:190; or    -   (l) a heavy chain variable region comprising the amino acid        sequence of SEQ ID NO:199 and a light chain variable region        comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:208.

Embodiment 100

The antibody of any one of embodiments 65 to 99, wherein the antibodycomprises a heavy chain variable region comprising the amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO:55, and a light chain variable region comprisingthe amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:64.

Embodiment 101

The antibody of any one of embodiments 65 to 100, wherein the antibodyis an IgG antibody.

Embodiment 102

The antibody of embodiment 101, wherein the antibody is an IgG1 antibodyor an IgG3 antibody.

Embodiment 103

The antibody of any one of embodiments 65 to 102, wherein the antibodycomprises a heavy chain comprising an amino acid sequence selected fromSEQ ID NOs: 260, 262, 264, 266, 268, 270, and 272; and a light chaincomprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 274.

Embodiment 104

The antibody of embodiment 103, wherein the antibody comprises a heavychain comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NOs: 260; and a lightchain comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 274.

Embodiment 105

The antibody of embodiment 103, wherein the antibody comprises a heavychain consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NOs: 260; and alight chain consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 274.

Embodiment 106

An antibody that binds to human TIGIT, wherein the antibody comprises aheavy chain comprising an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs:260, 262, 264, 266, 268, 270, and 272; and a light chain comprising theamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 274.

Embodiment 107

An antibody that binds to human TIGIT, wherein the antibody comprises aheavy chain comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NOs: 260; and alight chain comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 274.

Embodiment 108

An antibody that binds to human TIGIT, wherein the antibody comprises aheavy chain consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NOs: 260;and a light chain consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:274.

Embodiment 109

The antibody of any one of embodiments 65 to 108, wherein the antibodyexhibits synergy with an anti-PD-1 antibody or an anti-PD-L1 antibody.

Embodiment 110

The antibody of embodiment 109, wherein synergy is determined using anassay that comprises contacting a co-culture comprising (i) Jurkateffector cells that express PD-1, TIGIT and CD226, wherein the Jurkateffector cells comprise a luciferase reporter gene driven by the IL-2promoter; and (ii) CHO-K1 artificial antigen presenting cells (aAPCs)expressing a TCR activator, PD-L1 and CD155; with the composition and ananti-PD-1 antibody or an anti-PD-L1 antibody.

Embodiment 111

The antibody of any one of embodiments 65 to 110, wherein regulatory T(Treg) cells are depleted from human PBMCs contacted with the antibody.

Embodiment 112

The antibody of any one of embodiments 65 to 111, expression of MCP1,IL-8, and MIP1α is increased in human PBMCs contacted with the antibody.

Embodiment 113

The antibody of any one of embodiments 65 to 112, whereinmonocyte/macrophages are activated when contacted with the antibody.

Embodiment 114

The antibody of any one of embodiments 65 to 113, wherein CD86 and WWIIare upregulated when CD14+ monocyte/macrophages are contacted with theantibody.

Embodiment 115

The antibody of any one of embodiments 65 to 114, wherein CD14+monocyte/macrophages contacted with the antibody mature into antigenpresenting cells.

Embodiment 116

The antibody of any one of embodiments 65 to 115, wherein the memory Tcells contacted with the antibody show increasd IFNγ production inresponse to antigen.

Embodiment 117

The antibody of any one of embodiments 65 to 116, wherein the memory Tcells contacted with the antibody demonstrate enhanced response toantigen.

Embodiment 118

The antibody of any one of embodiments 65 to 117, wherein effectormemory CD8+ T cells and/or effector memory CD4+ T cells are increased intumors contacted with the antibody.

Embodiment 119

The antibody of any one of embodiments 65 to 118, wherein the antibodyenhances a Th1 response in an animal administered the antibody.

Embodiment 120

The antibody of any one of embodiments 65 to 119, wherein the antibodyhas lower binding affinity for FcγRIIa and/or FcγRIIb compared to thesame anti-TIGIT antibody that is not afucosylated.

Embodiment 121

The antibody of any one of embodiments 65 to 120, wherein thecomposition mediates antibody-dependent cellular phagocytosis (ADCP) ofcells that express TIGIT in the presence of monocyte macrophages.

Embodiment 122

The antibody of any one of embodiments 65 to 121, wherein the antibodyis monoclonal.

Embodiment 123

The antibody of any one of embodiments 65 to 122, wherein the antibodyis a fully human antibody.

Embodiment 124

The antibody of any one of embodiments 65 to 123, wherein the antibodyis a chimeric antibody.

Embodiment 125

The antibody of any one of embodiments 65 to 92 and 109 to 124, whereinthe antibody is humanized.

Embodiment 126

The antibody of any one of embodiments 65 to 125, wherein the antibodyis an antibody fragment.

Embodiment 127

The antibody of embodiment 126, wherein the antibody fragment is a Fab,a Fab′, a F(ab′)₂, a scFv, or a diabody.

Embodiment 128

The antibody of any one of embodiments 65 to 127, wherein the antibodyis a bispecific antibody.

Embodiment 129

The antibody of any one of embodiments 65 to 128, wherein the antibodyis an antibody-drug conjugate.

Embodiment 130

A pharmaceutical formulation comprising the composition of any one ofembodiments 1 to 64 or the antibody of any one of embodiments 65 to 129and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

Embodiment 131

An isolated polynucleotide that encodes (i) the heavy chain of theantibody of any one of embodiments 106 to 108; (ii) the light chain ofthe antibody of any one of embodiments 106 to 108; or (iii) the heavychain and the light chain of the antibody of any one of embodiments 106to 108.

Embodiment 132

The isolated polynucleotide of embodiment 131, wherein thepolynucleotide comprises (i) a nucleotide sequence selected from SEQ IDNOs: 259, 261, 163, 265, 267, 269, and 271; or (ii) a nucleotidesequence of SEQ ID NO: 273; or (iii) a nucleotide sequence selected fromSEQ ID NOs: 259, 261, 263, 265, 267, 269, and 271, and a nucleotidesequence of SEQ ID NO: 273.

Embodiment 133

A vector comprising the polynucleotide of embodiment 131 or embodiment132.

Embodiment 134

An isolated host cell comprising the isolated polynucleotide ofembodiment 131 or embodiment 132, or the vector of embodiment 133.

Embodiment 135

An isolated host cell that expresses the antibody of any one ofembodiments 106-108.

Embodiment 136

The host cell of embodiment 134 or embodiment 135, which is engineeredto produce afucosylated antibodies.

Embodiment 137

A method of producing an antibody that binds to human TIGIT, comprisingincubating the host cell of any one of embodiments 134 to 136 underconditions suitable for producing the antibody.

Embodiment 138

The method of embodiment 137, wherein the host cell is engineered toproduce afucosylated antibodies.

Embodiment 139

The method of embodiment 137, wherein the host cell is cultured in thepresence of a fucose analogue under conditions suitable for producingafucosylated antibodies.

Embodiment 140

The method of any one of embodiments 137 to 139, further comprisingisolating the antibodies.

Embodiment 141

A composition of isolated antibodies that bind to human TIGIT, whereinat least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, atleast 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, or at least 99% ofthe antibodies in the composition are afucosylated, wherein theantibodies are produced by the method of any one of embodiments 138 to140.

Embodiment 142

A composition of isolated antibodies that bind to human TIGIT, whereinat least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, atleast 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, or at least 99% ofthe antibodies in the composition are afucosylated, wherein theantibodies are produced by the method comprising incubating the hostcell of embodiment 134 or embodiment 135 under conditions suitable forproducing afucosylated antibodies, and isolating the antibodies to formthe composition of isolated antibodies.

Embodiment 143

The composition of embodiment 142, wherein the host cell is engineeredto produce afucosylated antibodies.

Embodiment 144

The composition of embodiment 142, wherein the host cell is cultured inthe presence of a fucose analogue under conditions suitable forproducing afucosylated antibodies.

Embodiment 145

A host cell comprising a polynucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequenceencoding the (i) antibodies of the composition of any one of embodiments1 to 63, or (ii) the antibody of any one of embodiments 65 to 128,wherein the host cell is engineered to produce afucosylated antibodies.

Embodiment 146

The host cell of embodiment 145, wherein the polynucleotide is a vector.

Embodiment 147

A host cell that expresses (i) the antibodies of the composition of anyone of embodiments 1 to 63, or (ii) the antibody of any one ofembodiments 65 to 128, wherein the host cell is engineered to produceafucosylated antibodies.

Embodiment 148

The host cell of any one of embodiments 145 to 147, wherein the hostcell comprises:

-   -   (a) the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:20, SEQ ID        NO:38, SEQ ID NO:56, SEQ ID NO:74, SEQ ID NO:92, SEQ ID NO:110,        SEQ ID NO:128, SEQ ID NO:146, SEQ ID NO:164, SEQ ID NO:182, SEQ        ID NO:200, SEQ ID NO:259, SEQ ID NO:265, SEQ ID NO:267, SEQ ID        NO:269, or SEQ ID NO:271; and/or    -   (b) the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:11, SEQ ID NO:29, SEQ        ID NO:47, SEQ ID NO:65, SEQ ID NO:83, SEQ ID NO:101, SEQ ID        NO:119, SEQ ID NO:137, SEQ ID NO:155, SEQ ID NO:173, SEQ ID        NO:191, SEQ ID NO:209, or SEQ ID NO:273.

Embodiment 149

A method of producing afucosylated antibodies that bind TIGIT,comprising culturing the host cell of any one of embodiments 145 to 148under conditions suitable for producing the afucosylated antibodies.

Embodiment 150

A method of producing afucosylated antibodies that bind TIGIT,comprising culturing a host cell in the presence of a fucose analogueunder conditions suitable for producing afucosylated antibodies, whereinthe host cell comprises a polynucleotide comprising a nucleotidesequence encoding the (i) antibodies of the composition of any one ofembodiments 1 to 63, or (ii) the antibody of any one of embodiments 65to 128.

Embodiment 151

The method of embodiment 150, wherein the polynucleotide is a vector.

Embodiment 152

A method of producing afucosylated antibodies that bind TIGIT,comprising culturing a host cell in the presence of a fucose analogueunder conditions suitable for producing afucosylated antibodies, whereinthe host cell expresses (i) the antibodies of the composition of any oneof embodiments 1 to 63, or (ii) the antibody of any one of embodiments65 to 128.

Embodiment 153

The method of any one of embodiments 150 to 152, wherein the host cellcomprises:

-   -   (a) the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:20, SEQ ID        NO:38, SEQ ID NO:56, SEQ ID NO:74, SEQ ID NO:92, SEQ ID NO:110,        SEQ ID NO:128, SEQ ID NO:146, SEQ ID NO:164, SEQ ID NO:182, SEQ        ID NO:200, SEQ ID NO:259, SEQ ID NO:265, SEQ ID NO:267, SEQ ID        NO:269, or SEQ ID NO:271; and/or    -   (b) the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:11, SEQ ID NO:29, SEQ        ID NO:47, SEQ ID NO:65, SEQ ID NO:83, SEQ ID NO:101, SEQ ID        NO:119, SEQ ID NO:137, SEQ ID NO:155, SEQ ID NO:173, SEQ ID        NO:191, SEQ ID NO:209, or SEQ ID NO:273.

Embodiment 154

The method of any one of embodiments 150 to 153, wherein the fucoseanalogue is 2-fluorofucose.

Embodiment 155

The method of any one of embodiments 149 to 154, further comprisingisolating the afucosylated antibodies.

Embodiment 156

A composition of isolated antibodies that bind to human TIGIT, whereinat least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, atleast 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, or at least 99% ofthe antibodies in the composition are afucosylated, wherein theantibodies are produced by the method of any one of embodiments 149 to155.

Embodiment 157

A composition of isolated antibodies that bind to human TIGIT, whereinat least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, atleast 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, or at least 99% ofthe antibodies in the composition are afucosylated, wherein theantibodies are produced by a method comprising incubating the host cellof any one of embodiments 145 to 147 under conditions suitable forproducing afucosylated antibodies, and isolating the antibodies to formthe composition of isolated antibodies.

Embodiment 158

A composition of isolated antibodies that bind to human TIGIT, whereinat least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, atleast 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, or at least 99% ofthe antibodies in the composition are afucosylated, wherein theantibodies are produced by a method comprising culturing a host cell inthe presence of a fucose analogue under conditions suitable forproducing afucosylated antibodies, wherein the host cell comprises apolynucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding the (i)antibodies of the composition of any one of embodiments 1 to 63, or (ii)the antibody of any one of embodiments 65 to 128.

Embodiment 159

A composition of isolated antibodies that bind to human TIGIT, whereinat least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, atleast 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, or at least 99% ofthe antibodies in the composition are afucosylated, wherein theantibodies are produced by a method comprising culturing a host cell inthe presence of a fucose analogue under conditions suitable forproducing afucosylated antibodies, wherein the host cell expresses (i)the antibodies of the composition of any one of embodiments 1 to 63, or(ii) the antibody of any one of embodiments 65 to 128.

Embodiment 160

A kit comprising:

-   -   the composition of any one of embodiments 1 to 64, the antibody        of any one of embodiments 65 to 129, or the pharmaceutical        composition of embodiment 130; and    -   an additional therapeutic agent.

Embodiment 161

The kit of embodiment 160, wherein the additional therapeutic is ananti-cancer agent.

Embodiment 162

The kit of embodiment 160 or embodiment 161, wherein the additionaltherapeutic agent is an antibody.

Embodiment 163

The kit of any one of embodiments 160 to 162, wherein the additionaltherapeutic agent is an antagonist or an inhibitor of a T cellcoinhibitor; an agonist of a T cell coactivator; an immune stimulatorycytokine; or SGN-2FF.

Embodiment 164

The kit of any one of embodiments 160 to 163, wherein the additionaltherapeutic agent binds a protein selected from CD25, PD-1, PD-L1, Tim3,Lag3, CTLA4, 41BB, OX40, CD3, CD40, CD47M, GM-CSF, CSF1R, TLR, STING,RIGI, TAM receptor kinase, NKG2A, NKG2D, GD2, HER2, EGFR, PDGFRa,SLAMF7, VEGF, CTLA-4, CD20, cCLB8, KIR, and CD52.

Embodiment 165

The kit of embodiment any one of embodiments 160 to 164, wherein theadditional therapeutic agent is selected from an anti-CD25 antibody,anti-PD-1 antibody, anti-PD-L1 antibody, anti-Tim3 antibody, anti-Lag3antibody, anti-CTLA4 antibody, anti-41BB antibody, anti-OX40 antibody,anti-CD3 antibody, anti-CD40 antibody, anti-CD47M antibody, anti-CSF1Rantibody, anti-TLR antibody, anti-STING antibody, anti-RIGI antibody,anti-TAM receptor kinase antibody, anti-NKG2A antibody, an anti-NKG2Dantibody, an anti-GD2 antibody, an anti-HER2 antibody, an anti-EGFRantibody, an anti-PDGFR-α-antibody, an anti-SLAMF7 antibody, ananti-VEGF antibody, an anti-CTLA-4 antibody, an anti-CD20 antibody, ananti-cCLB8 antibody, an anti-KIR antibody, and an anti-CD52 antibody.

Embodiment 166

The kit of any one of embodiments 160 to 165, wherein the additionaltherapeutic agent comprises a cytokine selected from IL-15, IL-21, IL-2,GM-CSF, M-CSF, G-CSF, IL-1, IL-3, IL-12, and IFNγ.

Embodiment 167

The kit of any one of embodiments 160 to 165, wherein the additionaltherapeutic agent is selected from SEA-CD40, avelumab, durvalumab,nivolumab, pembrolizumab, pidilizumab, atezolizumab, Hu14.18K322A,Hu3F8, dinituximab, trastuzumab, cetuximab, olaratumab, necitumumab,elotuzumab, ramucirumab, pertuzumab, ipilimumab, bevacizumab, rituximab,obinutuzumab, siltuximab, ofatumumab, lirilumab, and alemtuzumab.

Embodiment 168

The kit of embodiment 160 or embodiment 161, wherein the additionaltherapeutic agent is selected from an alkylating agent (e.g.,cyclophosphamide, ifosfamide, chlorambucil, busulfan, melphalan,mechlorethamine, uramustine, thiotepa, nitrosoureas, or temozolomide),an anthracycline (e.g., doxorubicin, adriamycin, daunorubicin,epirubicin, or mitoxantrone), a cytoskeletal disruptor (e.g., paclitaxelor docetaxel), a histone deacetylase inhibitor (e.g., vorinostat orromidepsin), an inhibitor of topoisomerase (e.g., irinotecan, topotecan,amsacrine, etoposide, or teniposide), a kinase inhibitor (e.g.,bortezomib, erlotinib, gefitinib, imatinib, vemurafenib, or vismodegib),a nucleoside analog or precursor analog (e.g., azacitidine,azathioprine, capecitabine, cytarabine, fluorouracil, gemcitabine,hydroxyurea, mercaptopurine, methotrexate, or thioguanine), a peptideantibiotic (e.g., actinomycin or bleomycin), a platinum-based agent(e.g., cisplatin, oxaloplatin, or carboplatin), or a plant alkaloid(e.g., vincristine, vinblastine, vinorelbine, vindesine,podophyllotoxin, paclitaxel, or docetaxel), galardin, thalidomide,lenalidomide, and pomalidomide.

Embodiment 169

A method of treating a cancer in a subject, comprising administering tothe subject a therapeutically effective amount of the composition of anyone of embodiments 1 to 64, the antibody of any one of embodiments 65 to129, or the pharmaceutical composition of embodiment 130.

Embodiment 170

The method of embodiment 169, wherein the cancer is a cancer that isenriched for expression of CD112 or CD155.

Embodiment 171

The method of embodiment 169 or embodiment 170, wherein the cancer is acancer that is enriched for T cells or natural killer (NK) cells thatexpress TIGIT.

Embodiment 172

The method of any one of embodiments 169 to 171, wherein the cancer isbladder cancer, breast cancer, uterine cancer, cervical cancer, ovariancancer, prostate cancer, testicular cancer, esophageal cancer,gastrointestinal cancer, gastric cancer, pancreatic cancer, colorectalcancer, colon cancer, kidney cancer, clear cell renal carcinoma, headand neck cancer, lung cancer, lung adenocarcinoma, stomach cancer, germcell cancer, bone cancer, liver cancer, thyroid cancer, skin cancer,melanoma, neoplasm of the central nervous system, mesothelioma,lymphoma, leukemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, diffuse large B celllymphoma, follicular lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma, myeloma, or sarcoma.

Embodiment 173

The method of embodiment 172, wherein the cancer is lymphoma, leukemia,chronic lymphocytic leukemia, diffuse large B cell lymphoma, follicularlymphoma, or Hodgkin lymphoma.

Embodiment 174

The method of any one of embodiments 169 to 173, further comprisingadministering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of anadditional therapeutic agent.

Embodiment 175

The method of embodiment 174, wherein the additional therapeutic is ananti-cancer agent.

Embodiment 176

The method of embodiment 174 or embodiment 175, wherein the additionaltherapeutic agent is an antibody.

Embodiment 177

The method of any one of embodiments 174 to 176, wherein the additionaltherapeutic agent is an antagonist or an inhibitor of a T cellcoinhibitor; an agonist of a T cell coactivator; or an immunestimulatory cytokine; or SGN-2FF.

Embodiment 178

The method of any one of embodiments 174 to 177, wherein the additionaltherapeutic agent binds a protein selected from CD25, PD-1, PD-L1, Tim3,Lag3, CTLA4, 41BB, OX40, CD3, CD40, CD47M, GM-CSF, CSF1R, TLR, STING,RIGI, TAM receptor kinase, NKG2A, NKG2D, GD2, HER2, EGFR, PDGFRa,SLAMF7, VEGF, CTLA-4, CD20, cCLB8, KIR, and CD52.

Embodiment 179

The method of embodiment 178, wherein the additional therapeutic agentis selected from an anti-CD25 antibody, anti-PD-1 antibody, anti-PD-L1antibody, anti-Tim3 antibody, anti-Lag3 antibody, anti-CTLA4 antibody,anti-41BB antibody, anti-OX40 antibody, anti-CD3 antibody, anti-CD40antibody, anti-CD47M antibody, anti-CSF1R antibody, anti-TLR antibody,anti-STING antibody, anti-RIGI antibody, anti-TAM receptor kinaseantibody, anti-NKG2A antibody, an anti-NKG2D antibody, an anti-GD2antibody, an anti-HER2 antibody, an anti-EGFR antibody, ananti-PDGFR-α-antibody, an anti-SLAMF7 antibody, an anti-VEGF antibody,an anti-CTLA-4 antibody, an anti-CD20 antibody, an anti-cCLB8 antibody,an anti-KIR antibody, and an anti-CD52 antibody.

Embodiment 180

The method of embodiment 174 or embodiment 175, wherein the additionaltherapeutic agent comprises a cytokine selected from IL-15, IL-21, IL-2,GM-CSF, M-CSF, G-CSF, IL-1, IL-3, IL-12, and IFNγ.

Embodiment 181

The method of any one of embodiments 174 to 179, wherein the additionaltherapeutic agent is selected from SEA-CD40, avelumab, durvalumab,nivolumab, pembrolizumab, pidilizumab, atezolizumab, Hu14.18K322A,Hu3F8, dinituximab, trastuzumab, cetuximab, olaratumab, necitumumab,elotuzumab, ramucirumab, pertuzumab, ipilimumab, bevacizumab, rituximab,obinutuzumab, siltuximab, ofatumumab, lirilumab, and alemtuzumab.

Embodiment 182

The method of embodiment 174 or embodiment 175, wherein the additionaltherapeutic agent is selected from an alkylating agent (e.g.,cyclophosphamide, ifosfamide, chlorambucil, busulfan, melphalan,mechlorethamine, uramustine, thiotepa, nitrosoureas, or temozolomide),an anthracycline (e.g., doxorubicin, adriamycin, daunorubicin,epirubicin, or mitoxantrone), a cytoskeletal disruptor (e.g., paclitaxelor docetaxel), a histone deacetylase inhibitor (e.g., vorinostat orromidepsin), an inhibitor of topoisomerase (e.g., irinotecan, topotecan,amsacrine, etoposide, or teniposide), a kinase inhibitor (e.g.,bortezomib, erlotinib, gefitinib, imatinib, vemurafenib, or vismodegib),a nucleoside analog or precursor analog (e.g., azacitidine,azathioprine, capecitabine, cytarabine, fluorouracil, gemcitabine,hydroxyurea, mercaptopurine, methotrexate, or thioguanine), a peptideantibiotic (e.g., actinomycin or bleomycin), a platinum-based agent(e.g., cisplatin, oxaloplatin, or carboplatin), or a plant alkaloid(e.g., vincristine, vinblastine, vinorelbine, vindesine,podophyllotoxin, paclitaxel, or docetaxel), galardin, thalidomide,lenalidomide, and pomalidomide.

Embodiment 183

The method of any one of embodiments 174 to 182, wherein thecomposition, the antibody, or the pharmaceutical composition isadministered concurrently with the additional therapeutic agent.

Embodiment 184

The method of any one of embodiments 174 to 183, wherein thecomposition, the antibody, or the pharmaceutical composition isadministered sequentially to the additional therapeutic agent.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1. Binding of 65 anti-TIGIT antibody clones and an irrelevantisotype control antibody to HEK 293 cells engineered to express humanTIGIT (top panel), cynomolgus monkey TIGIT (middle panel), and mouseTIGIT (bottom panel).

FIG. 2. Binding of 65 anti-TIGIT antibody clones and an irrelevantisotype control antibody to primary human T cells (top panel),cynomolgus monkey T cells (middle panel), and mouse T cells (bottompanel). For the bottom panel, 35 of 65 clones were evaluated. Of the 35clones evaluated, 5 of the 35 did not bind mTIGIT-Fc protein (clones 20,27, 55, 56, and 60), as indicated by the light green bars.

FIG. 3A-3D. (A-C) Binding titration values of eight anti-TIGIT antibodyclones (clones 2, 5, 13, 16, 17, 20, 25, and 54) to human (A), mouse(B), and cynomolgus monkey (C) TIGIT expressed on HEK 293 cells. Resultsare shown for singlicate wells. (D) EC50 values of eight anti-TIGITantibody clones (clones 2, 5, 13, 16, 17, 20, 25, and 54) to human,mouse, and cynomolgus monkey TIGIT expressed on HEK 293 cells.

FIG. 4. Binding titration of anti-TIGIT antibody clones 13 and 25 toactivated mouse splenic T cells. Results are shown for singlicate wells.Clone 13 had an EC50 of 0.24 μg/mL. Clone 25 had an EC50 of 2.28 μg/mL.

FIG. 5A-5B. Anti-TIGIT antibodies blocked CD155 interaction with TIGITexpressed on HEK 293 cells, for both human CD155 binding to HEK 293cells expressing human TIGIT (A) and mouse CD155 binding to HEK 293cells expressing mouse TIGIT (B). Results are shown for singlicatewells.

FIG. 6. Anti-TIGIT antibodies blocked human CD112 interaction with humanTIGIT expressed on HEK 293 cells. Results are shown for singlicatewells.

FIG. 7A-7B. (A) Upper panel: Select anti-TIGIT antibodies effectivelyblocked TIGIT-CD155 engagement, resulting in T cell activation, asmeasured by a >1.5-fold induction in luciferase activity. About 12clones showed >1.5-fold induction in the bioassay. Two clones did notblock TIGIT-CD155 interaction in ForteBio assay (pink bars). Foldinduction was measured over no Ab control. Mean and SD are of duplicateexperiments; antibodies were at 20 μg/mL. Gray bar=hIgG1 isotypecontrol. Black bar=no antibody control (defined as baseline). Lowerpanel: Correlation plot of TIGIT/CD155 blockade bioassay versus TIGIT-Fcaffinity. The activity in the bioassay correlated with affinity forrecombinant protein. (B) Dose response of 12 selected anti-TIGIT clonesin TIGIT/CD155 blockade bioassay. Clones 13 and 25, which showed strongbinding to all three species, showed good activity in the bioassay. Meanand SD are of triplicate wells.

FIG. 8. Select anti-TIGIT antibodies synergized with anti-PD-1,resulting in T cell activation. Mean and SD are of triplicate wells.Both clone 13 and clone 25 showed synergy with anti-PD-1 in combinationbioassay.

FIG. 9A-9H. (A-D) Binding titration (A-C) and EC50 values (D) forbinding to human (A), mouse (B), and cynomolgus monkey (C) TIGITexpressed on HEK 293 cells for fully human anti-TIGIT clone 13 (“c13hIgG1”) and mouse IgG1 (“c13 mIgG1”) and mouse IgG2a (“c13 mIgG2a”)chimeras of clone 13. Mean and SD are of duplicate wells. (E-F)Antibodies c13 hIgG1, c13 mIgG1, and c13 mIgG2a blocked CD155interaction with TIGIT expressed on HEK 293 cells, for both human CD155binding to HEK 293 cells expressing human TIGIT (E) and mouse CD155binding to HEK 293 cells expressing mouse TIGIT (F). Results are forsinglicate wells. (G) Antibodies c13 hIgG1, c13 mIgG1, and c13 mIgG2ablocked human CD112 interaction with human TIGIT expressed on HEK 293cells. Results are for singlicate wells. (H) Dose response of parentaland chimeric anti-TIGIT antibody clones c13 hIgG1, c13 mIgG1, and c13mIgG2a in TIGIT/CD155 blockade bioassay. Mean and SD are of triplicatewells.

FIG. 10A-10K. Anti-TIGIT antibodies that can engage activating Fcgammareceptors mediated anti-tumor efficacy in a CT26 syngeneic tumor modelin mice. (A) Group mean tumor volume. (B-K) Individual animal tumorvolume for groups 1 through 10. PR=Partial Response (tumor volume is 50%or less of its day 1 volume for three consecutive measurements and equalto or greater than 13.5 mm³ for one or more of these threemeasurements). CR=Complete Response (tumor volume is less than 13.5 mm³for three consecutive measurements).

FIG. 11. Sensorgrams of human FcγRIIIa 158V binding titrated anti-TIGITantibodies by BLI. The results are shown for anti-TIGIT clone 13 hIgG1wild-type, afucosylated, and LALA-PG (left panels), anti-TIGIT clone 13mIgG2a wild-type, afucosylated, and LALA-PG (center panels), andanti-TIGIT clone 13C hIgG1 wild-type (right panel).

FIG. 12. Binding of anti-TIGIT mIgG2a antibodies to CHO cells expressingmCD16 (the murine form of FcγRIVa). Afucosylated clone 13 mIgG2a (blacksquares) bound with significantly greater affinity compared to wild-typemIgG2a (black circles) or mIgG2a LALA-PG (black triangles). Binding datais summarized in the table below.

FIG. 13. Expression of TIGIT (top panel), CD226 (middle panel) and CD155(bottom panel) by T-cell subsets from healthy donors. Tregs expressedthe highest levels of TIGIT, while all T cell subsets tested expressedthe activating receptor CD226. Expression of CD155 was mostly absent.

FIG. 14. Depletion of TIGIT-positive Treg cells by clone 13 IgG1wild-type (black circles), clone 13 IgG1 afucosylated (black squares),clone 13 IgG1 LALA-PG (black triangles), and a human IgG1 isotypecontrol (gray inverted triangles), at various concentrations.

FIG. 15. Depletion of Tregs in allogeneic NK/Treg co-culture experimentsby clone 13 IgG1 wild-type (black circles), clone 13 IgG1 afucosylated(black squares), and clone 13 IgG1 LALA-PG (black triangles).Afucosylated OKT9 antibody (open circles) was included as a positivecontrol.

FIG. 16. Production of inflammatory cytokines MCP-1 (top panel), IL-8(middle panel), and MIP1α (bottom panel) by PBMCs after treatment withclone 13 IgG1 wild-type antibody (black squares), clone 13 IgG1afucosylated antibody (black diamond), or clone 13 IgG1 LALA-PG antibody(black circles).

FIG. 17. Dose-dependent upregulation of expression of CD86 (left panel)and MHC class II (right panel) on CD14⁺ monocytes after treatment withclone 13 IgG1 wild-type antibody (gray circles), clone 13 IgG1afucosylated antibody (gray squares), and clone 13 IgG1 LALA-PG antibody(black triangles).

FIG. 18A-18C. In vivo activity of anti-TIGIT antibodies in threedifferent syngeneic tumor models. FIG. 8A shows the effect of clone 13IgG2a wild-type, clone 13 IgG2a afucosylated, and clone 13 IgG2a LALA-PGon the tumor volume in the A20 syngeneic lymphoma model. FIG. 8B showsthe effect of clone 13 IgG2a wild-type, clone 13 IgG2a afucosylated, andclone 13 IgG2a LALA-PG on the tumor volume in CT26 syngeneic coloncancer model. FIG. 8C shows the effect of clone 13 IgG2a wild-type,clone 13 IgG2a afucosylated, and clone 13 IgG2a LALA-PG on the tumorvolume in MC38 syngeneic colon cancer model. In all 3 models, clone 13mIgG2a wild-type (black circles) and clone 13 mIGg2a afucosylated (blackdiamonds) were more effective at controlling tumor size when compared toclone 13 IgG2a LALPG (black squares) or untreated animals (graytriangles).

FIG. 19. ADCC activity against A549 cells contacted with cetuximab alone(open squares), the combination of cetuximab with anti-TIGIT antibodyclone 13 IgG1 (black squares), and an IgG1 isotype control antibody(open triangles).

FIG. 20. CMV-induced IFNγ expression in PBMCs exposed to CMV recallantigen and treated with anti-PD-1 antibody (pembrolizumab treatment isshown with gray squares, nivolumab treatment is shown in gray diamonds)and increasing concentrations of anti-TIGIT antibody clone 13 IgG1.Treatment with anti-TIGIT antibody clone 13 IgG1 alone is also shown(black squares).

FIG. 21. CMV-induced IFNγ expression in PBMCs exposed to CMB recallantigen and treated with increasing concentrations of anti-TIGITantibodies clone 13 IgG1 wild-type (“Clone 13 IgG1”), afucosylated clone13 IgG1 (“Clone 13 SEA IgG1”), and clone 13 IgG1 LALA-PG (“Clone 13 LALAIgG1”).

FIG. 22. IL2 expression in HLA mismatched co-cultured PBMCs treated withincreasing concentrations of anti-TIGIT antibodies clone 13 IgG1wild-type (“Clone 13 IgG1”), afucosylated clone 13 IgG1 (“Clone 13 SEAIgG1”), and clone 13 IgG1 LALA-PG (“Clone 13 LALA IgG1”).

FIG. 23. Cytokine induction in plasma and tissues from CT26 colon cancerxenograft mice in response to anti-TIGIT antibodies. Mice implanted withCT26 colon cancer cells were treated with 1 mg/kg clone 13 IgG2a wildtype (“WT”), afucosylated clone 13 IgG1 (“SEA”), or clone 13 IgG2aLALA-PG (“LALA”), and cytokine levels were measured in plasma, spleen,and tumor lysates.

FIG. 24. Changes in intratumoral and peripheral CD8+ T cell subsets inCT26 colon cancer xenograft mice following treatment with anti-TIGITantibody clone 13 IgG2a wild type (“WT TIGIT”), afucosylated clone 13IgG2a (“SEA TIGIT”), or clone 13 IgG2a LALA-PG (“LALA TIGIT”).

FIG. 25. Changes in intratumoral and peripheral CD4+ T cell subsets inCT26 colon cancer xenograft mice treated with anti-TIGIT antibody clone13 IgG2a wild type (“WT TIGIT”), afucosylated clone 13 IgG2a (“SEATIGIT”), or clone 13 IgG2a LALA-PG (“LALA TIGIT”).

FIG. 26A-B. Changes in splenic CD8+(A) and CD4+(B) T cell subsets inCT26 colon cancer xenograft mice following six doses of anti-TIGITantibody clone 13 IgG2a wild type (“WT TIGIT”), afucosylated clone 13IgG2a (“SEA TIGIT”), or clone 13 IgG2a LALA-PG (“LALA TIGIT”). Resultsfrom live CD45+ cells gated on CD8+ or CD4+ are shown.

FIG. 27. Cytokine induction in plasma and spleen of CT26 colon cancerxenograft mice treated with anti-TIGIT antibody clone 13 IgG2a wild type(“WT TIGIT”), afucosylated clone 13 IgG2a (“SEA TIGIT”), or clone 13IgG2a LALA-PG (“LALA TIGIT”).

FIG. 28. Induction of antigen-specific T cell responses in mice treatedwith anti-TIGIT antibody clone 13 IgG2a wild type (“WT TIGIT”),afucosylated clone 13 IgG2a (“SEA TIGIT”), or clone 13 IgG2a LALA-PG(“LALA TIGIT”).

FIG. 29A-C. In vivo activity of anti-TIGIT antibodies in three differentsyngeneic tumor models. FIG. 29A shows the effect of 5 mg/kg clone 13IgG2a wild-type (“TIGIT”) and 0.1 mg/kg, 1 mg·kg, and 5 mg/kg clone 13IgG2a afucosylated (“SEA TIGIT”) on the tumor volume in the EMT6syngeneic breast cancer model. FIG. 29B shows the effect of 5 mg/kgclone 13 IgG2a wild-type (“TIGIT”) and 0.1 mg/kg, 1 mg·kg, and 5 mg/kgclone 13 IgG2a afucosylated (“SEA TIGIT”) on the tumor volume in E0771syngeneic breast cancer model. FIG. 29C shows the effect of 1 mg/mlclone 13 IgG2a wild-type on the tumor volume in an externally maintainedCT26 syngeneic colon cancer model.

FIG. 30. Correlation of NK cell (left) and activated CD8 T cell (right)molecular signatures with syngeneic tumor model response to anti-TIGITantibody treatment.

FIG. 31. Correlation of TIGIT (left) and CD155 (right) expression withsyngeneic tumor model response to anti-TIGIT antibody treatment.

FIG. 32. Anti-OVA IgG1 (left panel) and IgG2a (right panel) levels inmice following vaccination with OVA and treatment with 1 mg/kg clone 13IgG2a wild-type (“WT TIGIT”), clone 13 mIgG2a afucosylated (“SEATIGIT”), or clone 13 mIgG2a LALA-PG (“LALA TIGIT”) antibody.

FIG. 33. Cytokine expression following re-stimulation of splenocytes exvivo from mice treated with OVA vaccination followed by 1 mg/kg clone 13IgG2a wild-type (“WT TIGIT”), clone 13 mIgG2a afucosylated (“SEATIGIT”), or clone 13 mIgG2a LALA-PG (“LALA TIGIT”) antibody.

FIG. 34. Re-challenge of mice that showed a complete response in theCT26 syngeneic tumor model following treatment with clone 13 mIgG2aafucosylated antibody.

FIG. 35. Treg depletion by anti-TIGIT antibodies clone 13 IgG1 wild-type(“WT”), clone 13 IgG1 afucosylated (“SEA Clone 13 IgG1”), or clone 13IgG1 DLE (“DLE”).

FIG. 36. Treg depletion by anti-TIGIT antibodies clone 13 IgG1 wild-type(“WT Clone 13”), clone 13 IgG1 afucosylated (“SEA Clone 13 IgG1”), orclone H5/L4 IgG1.

FIG. 37. Efficacy of anti-TIGIT antibodies clone 13 IgG1 wild-type (“WTClone 13” or “WT TIGIT”), clone 13 IgG1 afucosylated (“SEA Clone 13” or“SGN-TGT”), anti-PD-1 antibody, and combinations of anti-PD-1 antibodyand clone 13 IgG1 wild-type or clone 13 IgG1 afucosylated in an MC38mouse tumor model.

FIG. 38A-38B. FIG. 38A IL-2 expression (FIG. 38A) or IL-10 expression(FIG. 38B) following contact with superantigen staphylococcalenterotoxin B peptide and anti-TIGIT antibodies clone 13 IgG1 wild-type(“WT Clone 13”), clone 13 IgG1 afucosylated (“SEA clone 13”), clone 13IgG1 DLE (“DLE”), or clone H5/L4 IgG1.

FIG. 39A-39D. Binding of anti-TIGIT antibodies clone 13 IgG1 wild-type(“Clone 13 IgG1”), clone 13 IgG1 afucosylated (“SEA Clone 13”), clone 13LALA-PG (“Clone 13 LALA”), clone 13 IgG1 DLE (“Clone 13 DLE”), or cloneH5/L4 IgG1 to FcγRI (FIG. 39A), FcγRIIIa V/V (FIG. 39B), FcγRIIb (FIG.39C), or FcγRIIa (FIG. 39D) expressed on the surface of CHO cells.

FIG. 40. Phagocytosis of TIGIT-positive Jurkat cells mediated byanti-TIGIT antibodies clone 13 IgG1 wild-type (“Clone 13”), clone 13IgG1 afucosylated (“SEA Clone 13”), and clone 13 IgG1 DLE (“Clone 13DLE”).

FIG. 41. CDC of TIGIT-positive Jurkat cells mediated by anti-TIGITantibodies clone 13 IgG1 wild-type (“Clone 13 IgG1”), clone 13 IgG1afucosylated (“SEA Clone 13”), clone 13 LALA-PG (“Clone 13 LALA-PG”),clone 13 IgG1 DLE (“Clone 13 DLE”), or clone H5/L4 IgG1; and byanti-CD47 antibody hB6h12.3.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION I. Introduction

Provided herein are antibodies having high affinity for human TIGIT(T-cell immunoreceptor with Ig and ITIM domains), and further havingcross-reactivity with either or both of mouse TIGIT and cynomolgusmonkey TIGIT, have been identified that inhibit the interaction betweenTIGIT and CD155. These antibodies also exhibit synergy with anti-PD-1antibodies. Thus, the anti-TIGIT antibodies described herein may be usedin a number of therapeutic applications, such as for the treatment ofvarious cancers, either as a single agent or in combination with anothertherapeutic agent. In some embodiments, the anti-TIGIT antibodies areafucosylated.

Accordingly, in some embodiments, the present invention providescompositions, kits, and methods of treatment comprising an antibody thatbinds to human TIGIT, wherein the antibody is afucosylated.

II. Definitions

Unless defined otherwise, technical and scientific terms used hereinhave the same meaning as commonly understood by a person of ordinaryskill in the art. See, e.g., Lackie, DICTIONARY OF CELL AND MOLECULARBIOLOGY, Elsevier (4^(th) ed. 2007); Sambrook et al., MOLECULAR CLONING,A LABORATORY MANUAL, Cold Springs Harbor Press (Cold Springs Harbor,N.Y. 1989). Any methods, devices and materials similar or equivalent tothose described herein can be used in the practice of this invention.

As used herein, the singular forms “a”, “an” and “the” include pluralreferents unless the content clearly dictates otherwise. Thus, forexample, reference to “an antibody” optionally includes a combination oftwo or more such molecules, and the like.

The term “about,” as used herein, refers to the usual error range forthe respective value readily known to the skilled person in thistechnical field.

As used herein, the term “TIGIT” refers to “T-cell immunoreceptor withIg and ITIM domains.” The protein encoded by the TIGIT gene is a memberof the CD28 family within the Ig superfamily of proteins. TIGIT isexpressed on several classes of T cells and on natural killer (NK) cellsand mediates its immunosuppressive effect by competing with CD226 forthe ligands CD155 and CD112. See, Levin et al., Eur. J. Immunol., 2011,41:902-915. TIGIT is also referred to in the art as WUCAM (WashingtonUniversity Cell Adhesion Molecule) and VSTM3 (HUGO designation). See,Levin et al., Eur J Immunol, 2011, 41:902-915. Accordingly, reference to“TIGIT” throughout this application also includes a reference to WUCAMand/or VSTM3 unless otherwise stated or apparent from context. HumanTIGIT nucleotide and protein sequences are set forth in, e.g., GenbankAccession Nos. NM173799 (SEQ ID NO:217) and NP776160 (SEQ ID NO:218),respectively.

The term “antibody” includes intact antibodies and antigen-bindingfragments thereof, wherein the antigen-binding fragments comprise theantigen-binding region and at least a portion of the heavy chainconstant region comprising asparagine (N) 297, located in CH2.Typically, the “variable region” contains the antigen-binding region ofthe antibody and is involved in specificity and affinity of binding.See, Fundamental Immunology 7^(th) Edition, Paul, ed., Wolters KluwerHealth/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (2013). Light chains are typicallyclassified as either kappa or lambda. Heavy chains are typicallyclassified as gamma, mu, alpha, delta, or epsilon, which in turn definethe immunoglobulin classes, IgG, IgM, IgA, IgD and IgE, respectively.

The term “antibody” also includes bivalent or bispecific molecules,diabodies, triabodies, and tetrabodies. Bivalent and bispecificmolecules are described in, e.g., Kostelny et al. (1992) J. Immunol.148:1547, Pack and Pluckthun (1992) Biochemistry 31:1579, Hollinger etal. (1993), PNAS. USA 90:6444, Gruber et al. (1994) J Immunol. 152:5368,Zhu et al. (1997) Protein Sci. 6:781, Hu et al. (1996) Cancer Res.56:3055, Adams et al. (1993) Cancer Res. 53:4026, and McCartney, et al.(1995) Protein Eng. 8:301.

The term “antibody” includes an antibody by itself (naked antibody) oran antibody conjugated to a cytotoxic or cytostatic drug.

A “monoclonal antibody” refers to an antibody obtained from a populationof substantially homogeneous antibodies, i.e., the individual antibodiescomprising the population are identical except for possible naturallyoccurring mutations that may be present in minor amounts. The modifier“monoclonal” indicates the character of the antibody as being obtainedfrom a substantially homogeneous population of antibodies, and is not tobe construed as requiring production of the antibody by any particularmethod. For example, the monoclonal antibodies to be used in accordancewith the present invention may be made by the hybridoma method firstdescribed by Kohler et al. (1975) Nature 256:495, or may be made byrecombinant DNA methods (see, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,816,567). The“monoclonal antibodies” may also be isolated from phage antibodylibraries using the techniques described in Clackson et al. (1991)Nature, 352:624-628 and Marks et al. (1991) J. Mol. Biol., 222:581-597,for example or may be made by other methods. The antibodies describedherein are monoclonal antibodies.

Specific binding of a monoclonal antibody to its target antigen means anaffinity of at least 10⁶, 10⁷, 10⁸, 10⁹, or 10¹⁰ M⁻¹. Specific bindingis detectably higher in magnitude and distinguishable from non-specificbinding occurring to at least one unrelated target. Specific binding canbe the result of formation of bonds between particular functional groupsor particular spatial fit (e.g., lock and key type) whereas nonspecificbinding is usually the result of van der Waals forces.

The basic antibody structural unit is a tetramer of subunits. Eachtetramer includes two identical pairs of polypeptide chains, each pairhaving one “light” (about 25 kDa) and one “heavy” chain (about 50-70kDa). The amino-terminal portion of each chain includes a variableregion of about 100 to 110 or more amino acids primarily responsible forantigen recognition. This variable region is initially expressed linkedto a cleavable signal peptide. The variable region without the signalpeptide is sometimes referred to as a mature variable region. Thus, forexample, a light chain mature variable region, means a light chainvariable region without the light chain signal peptide. Thecarboxy-terminal portion of each chain defines a constant regionprimarily responsible for effector function.

Light chains are classified as either kappa or lambda. Heavy chains areclassified as gamma, mu, alpha, delta, or epsilon, and define theantibody's isotype as IgG, IgM, IgA, IgD and IgE, respectively. Withinlight and heavy chains, the variable and constant regions are joined bya “J” region of about 12 or more amino acids, with the heavy chain alsoincluding a “D” region of about 10 or more amino acids. (See generally,Fundamental Immunology (Paul, W., ed., 2nd ed. Raven Press, N.Y., 1989,Ch. 7, incorporated by reference in its entirety for all purposes).

The mature variable regions of each light/heavy chain pair form theantibody binding site. Thus, an intact antibody has two binding sites.Except in bifunctional or bispecific antibodies, the two binding sitesare the same. The chains all exhibit the same general structure ofrelatively conserved framework regions (FR) joined by threehypervariable regions, also called complementarity determining regionsor CDRs. The CDRs from the two chains of each pair are aligned by theframework regions, enabling binding to a specific epitope. FromN-terminal to C-terminal, both light and heavy chains comprise thedomains FR1, CDR1, FR2, CDR2, FR3, CDR3 and FR4. The assignment of aminoacids to each domain is in accordance with the definitions of Kabat,Sequences of Proteins of Immunological Interest (National Institutes ofHealth, Bethesda, Md., 1987 and 1991), or Chothia & Lesk, J. Mol. Biol.196:901-917 (1987); Chothia et al., Nature 342:878-883 (1989), or acomposite of Kabat and Chothia, or IMGT (ImMunoGeneTics informationsystem), AbM or Contact or other conventional definition of CDRs. Kabatalso provides a widely used numbering convention (Kabat numbering) inwhich corresponding residues between different heavy chains or betweendifferent light chains are assigned the same number. Unless otherwiseapparent from the context, Kabat numbering is used to designate theposition of amino acids in the variable regions. Unless otherwiseapparent from the context EU numbering is used to designated positionsin constant regions.

A “humanized” antibody is an antibody that retains the reactivity of anon-human antibody while being less immunogenic in humans. This can beachieved, for instance, by retaining the non-human CDR regions andreplacing the remaining parts of the antibody with their humancounterparts. See, e.g., Morrison et al., PNAS USA, 81:6851-6855 (1984);Morrison and Oi, Adv. Immunol., 44:65-92 (1988); Verhoeyen et al.,Science, 239:1534-1536 (1988); Padlan, Molec. Immun., 28:489-498 (1991);Padlan, Molec. Immun., 31(3):169-217 (1994).

As used herein, the term “chimeric antibody” refers to an antibodymolecule in which (a) the constant region, or a portion thereof, isreplaced so that the antigen binding site (variable region, CDR, orportion thereof) is linked to a constant region of a different species.

The term “epitope” refers to a site on an antigen to which an antibodybinds. An epitope can be formed from contiguous amino acids ornoncontiguous amino acids juxtaposed by tertiary folding of one or moreproteins. Epitopes formed from contiguous amino acids are typicallyretained on exposure to denaturing solvents whereas epitopes formed bytertiary folding are typically lost on treatment with denaturingsolvents. An epitope typically includes at least 3, and more usually, atleast 5 or 8-10 amino acids in a unique spatial conformation. Methods ofdetermining spatial conformation of epitopes include, for example, x-raycrystallography and 2-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance. See, e.g.,Epitope Mapping Protocols, in Methods in Molecular Biology, Vol. 66,Glenn E. Morris, Ed. (1996).

Antibodies that recognize the same or overlapping epitopes can beidentified in a simple immunoassay showing the ability of one antibodyto compete with the binding of another antibody to a target antigen. Theepitope of an antibody can also be defined by X-ray crystallography ofthe antibody bound to its antigen to identify contact residues.Alternatively, two antibodies have the same epitope if all amino acidmutations in the antigen that reduce or eliminate binding of oneantibody reduce or eliminate binding of the other. Two antibodies haveoverlapping epitopes if some amino acid mutations that reduce oreliminate binding of one antibody reduce or eliminate binding of theother.

Competition between antibodies is determined by an assay in which anantibody under test inhibits specific binding of a reference antibody toa common antigen (see, e.g., Junghans et al., Cancer Res. 50:1495,1990). A test antibody competes with a reference antibody if an excessof a test antibody (e.g., at least 2×, 5×, 10×, 20× or 100×) inhibitsbinding of the reference antibody by at least 50% but preferably 75%,90% or 99% as measured in a competitive binding assay. Antibodiesidentified by competition assay (competing antibodies) includeantibodies binding to the same epitope as the reference antibody andantibodies binding to an adjacent epitope sufficiently proximal to theepitope bound by the reference antibody for steric hindrance to occur.

The phrase “specifically binds” refers to a molecule (e.g., antibody orantibody fragment) that binds to a target with greater affinity,avidity, more readily, and/or with greater duration to that target in asample than it binds to a non-target compound. In some embodiments, anantibody that specifically binds a target is an antibody that binds tothe target with at least 2-fold greater affinity than non-targetcompounds, such as, for example, at least 4-fold, 5-fold, 6-fold,7-fold, 8-fold, 9-fold, 10-fold, 20-fold, 25-fold, 50-fold, or 100-foldgreater affinity. For example, an antibody that specifically binds TIGITwill typically bind to TIGIT with at least a 2-fold greater affinitythan to a non-TIGIT target. It will be understood by a person ofordinary skill in the art reading this definition, for example, that anantibody (or moiety or epitope) that specifically or preferentiallybinds to a first target may or may not specifically or preferentiallybind to a second target. As such, “specific binding” does notnecessarily require (although it can include) exclusive binding.

The term “binding affinity” is herein used as a measure of the strengthof a non-covalent interaction between two molecules, e.g., an antibody,or fragment thereof, and an antigen. The term “binding affinity” is usedto describe monovalent interactions (intrinsic activity).

Binding affinity between two molecules, e.g. an antibody, or fragmentthereof, and an antigen, through a monovalent interaction may bequantified by determination of the dissociation constant (K_(D)). Inturn, K_(D) can be determined by measurement of the kinetics of complexformation and dissociation using, as a nonlimiting example, the surfaceplasmon resonance (SPR) method (Biacore™). The rate constantscorresponding to the association and the dissociation of a monovalentcomplex are referred to as the association rate constants k_(a) (ork_(on)) and dissociation rate constant k_(d) (or k_(off)), respectively.K_(D) is related to k_(a) and k_(d) through the equationK_(D)=k_(d)/k_(a). The value of the dissociation constant can bedetermined directly by well-known methods, and can be computed even forcomplex mixtures by methods such as those, for example, set forth inCaceci et al. (1984, Byte 9: 340-362). For example, the K_(D) may beestablished using a double-filter nitrocellulose filter binding assaysuch as that disclosed by Wong & Lohman (1993, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.USA 90: 5428-5432). Other standard assays to evaluate the bindingability of ligands such as antibodies towards target antigens are knownin the art, including for example, ELISAs, Western blots, RIAs, and flowcytometry analysis, and other assays exemplified elsewhere herein. Thebinding kinetics and binding affinity of the antibody also can beassessed by standard assays known in the art or as described in theExamples section below, such as Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR), e.g. byusing a Biacore™ system; kinetic exclusion assays such as KinExA®; andBioLayer interferometry (e.g., using the ForteBio® Octet platform). Insome embodiments, binding affinity is determined using a BioLayerinterferometry assay. See, e.g., Wilson et al., Biochemistry andMolecular Biology Education, 38:400-407 (2010); Dysinger et al., J.Immunol. Methods, 379:30-41 (2012); and Estep et al., Mabs, 2013,5:270-278.

The term “cross-reacts,” as used herein, refers to the ability of anantibody to bind to an antigen other than the antigen against which theantibody was raised. In some embodiments, cross-reactivity refers to theability of an antibody to bind to an antigen from another species thanthe antigen against which the antibody was raised. As a non-limitingexample, an anti-TIGIT antibody as described herein that is raisedagainst a human TIGIT antigen can exhibit cross-reactivity with TIGITfrom a different species (e.g., mouse or monkey).

An “isolated” antibody refers to an antibody that has been identifiedand separated and/or recovered from components of its naturalenvironment and/or an antibody that is recombinantly produced. A“purified antibody” is an antibody that is typically at least 50% w/wpure of interfering proteins and other contaminants arising from itsproduction or purification but does not exclude the possibility that themonoclonal antibody is combined with an excess of pharmaceuticalacceptable carrier(s) or other vehicle intended to facilitate its use.Interfering proteins and other contaminants can include, for example,cellular components of the cells from which an antibody is isolated orrecombinantly produced. Sometimes monoclonal antibodies are at least60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, 95 or 99% w/w pure of interfering proteins andcontaminants from production or purification. The antibodies describedherein, including rat, chimeric, veneered and humanized antibodies canbe provided in isolated and/or purified form.

The term “immuno-oncology agent” refers to an agent that enhances,stimulates, or upregulates an immune response against a cancer in asubject (e.g., in stimulating an immune response for inhibiting tumorgrowth). In some embodiments, an immuno-oncology agent is a smallmolecule, antibody, peptide, protein, circular peptide, peptidomimetic,polynucleotide, inhibitory RNA, aptamer, drug compound, or othercompound. In some embodiments, an immuno-oncology agent is an antagonistor inhibitor of PD-1 or the PD-1 pathway.

“Subject,” “patient,” “individual” and like terms are usedinterchangeably and refer to, except where indicated, mammals such ashumans and non-human primates, as well as rabbits, rats, mice, goats,pigs, and other mammalian species. The term does not necessarilyindicate that the subject has been diagnosed with a particular disease,but typically refers to an individual under medical supervision.

The terms “therapy,” “treatment,” and “amelioration” refer to anyreduction in the severity of symptoms. In the case of treating cancer,treatment can refer to reducing, e.g., tumor size, number of cancercells, growth rate, metastatic activity, cell death of non-cancer cells,etc. As used herein, the terms “treat” and “prevent” are not intended tobe absolute terms. Treatment and prevention can refer to any delay inonset, amelioration of symptoms, improvement in patient survival,increase in survival time or rate, etc. Treatment and prevention can becomplete (no detectable symptoms remaining) or partial, such thatsymptoms are less frequent or severe than in a patient without thetreatment described herein. The effect of treatment can be compared toan individual or pool of individuals not receiving the treatment, or tothe same patient prior to treatment or at a different time duringtreatment. In some aspects, the severity of disease is reduced by atleast 10%, as compared, e.g., to the individual before administration orto a control individual not undergoing treatment. In some aspects, theseverity of disease is reduced by at least 25%, 50%, 75%, 80%, or 90%,or in some cases, no longer detectable using standard diagnostictechniques.

As used herein, a “therapeutic amount” or “therapeutically effectiveamount” of an agent (e.g., an antibody as described herein) is an amountof the agent that prevents, alleviates, abates, ameliorates, or reducesthe severity of symptoms of a disease (e.g., a cancer) in a subject.

The terms “administer,” “administered,” or “administering” refer tomethods of delivering agents, compounds, or compositions to the desiredsite of biological action. These methods include, but are not limitedto, topical delivery, parenteral delivery, intravenous delivery,intradermal delivery, intramuscular delivery, colonic delivery, rectaldelivery, or intraperitoneal delivery. Administration techniques thatare optionally employed with the agents and methods described herein,include e.g., as discussed in Goodman and Gilman, The PharmacologicalBasis of Therapeutics, current ed.; Pergamon; and Remington's,Pharmaceutical Sciences (current edition), Mack Publishing Co., Easton,Pa.

III. Antibodies Against TIGIT

In one aspect, antibodies that bind to human TIGIT (T-cellimmunoreceptor with Ig and ITIM domains) are provided. As describedherein, in some embodiments, the anti-TIGIT antibody inhibitsinteraction between TIGIT and one or both of the ligands CD155 andCD112. In some embodiments, the anti-TIGIT antibody inhibits theinteraction between TIGIT and CD155 in a functional bioassay, allowingCD155-CD226 signaling to occur. In some embodiments, the anti-TIGITantibody exhibits synergy with an anti-PD-1 agent (e.g., an anti-PD-1antibody) or an anti-PD-L1 agent (e.g., an anti-PD-L1 antibody).

The present inventors found that, surprisingly, anti-TIGIT antibodieswith enhanced effector function, such as may be achieved withafucosylated IgG1 antibodies, deplete Treg cells and show improvedefficacy in vivo. Accordingly, in various embodiments, afucosylatedanti-TIGIT antibodies are provided.

Exemplary Characteristics of Anti-TIGIT Antibodies

In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody, such as an afucosylatedanti-TIGIT antibody, binds to human TIGIT protein (SEQ ID NO:218) or aportion thereof with high affinity. In some embodiments, the antibodyhas a binding affinity (K_(D)) for human TIGIT of less than 5 nM, lessthan 1 nM, less than 500 pM, less than 250 pM, less than 150 pM, lessthan 100 pM, less than 50 pM, less than 40 pM, less than 30 pM, lessthan 20 pM, or less than about 10 pM. In some embodiments, the antibodyhas a binding affinity (K_(D)) for human TIGIT of less than 50 pM. Insome embodiments, the antibody has a K_(D) for human TIGIT in the rangeof about 1 pM to about 5 nM, e.g., about 1 pM to about 1 nM, about 1 pMto about 500 pM, about 5 pM to about 250 pM, or about 10 pM to about 100pM.

In some embodiments, in addition to binding to human TIGIT with highaffinity, an afucosylated anti-TIGIT antibody exhibits cross-reactivitywith cynomolgus monkey (“cyno”) TIGIT (e.g., a cyno TIGIT protein havingthe sequence of SEQ ID NO:219) and/or mouse TIGIT (e.g., a mouse TIGITprotein having the sequence of SEQ ID NO:220). In some embodiments, theanti-TIGIT antibody binds to mouse TIGIT (e.g., a mouse TIGIT having thesequence of SEQ ID NO:220) with a binding affinity (K_(D)) of 100 nM orless. In some embodiments, the anti-TIGIT antibody binds to human TIGITwith a K_(D) of 5 nM or less, and cross-reacts with mouse TIGIT with aK_(D) of 100 nM or less. In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibodythat binds to a human TIGIT also exhibits cross-reactivity with bothcynomolgus monkey TIGIT and mouse TIGIT.

In some embodiments, antibody cross-reactivity is determined bydetecting specific binding of the anti-TIGIT antibody to TIGIT that isexpressed on a cell (e.g., a cell line that expresses human TIGIT, cynoTIGIT, or mouse TIGIT, or a primary cell that endogenously expressesTIGIT, e.g., primary T cells that endogenously express human TIGIT, cynoTIGIT, or mouse TIGIT). In some embodiments, antibody binding andantibody cross-reactivity is determined by detecting specific binding ofthe anti-TIGIT antibody to purified or recombinant TIGIT (e.g., purifiedor recombinant human TIGIT, purified or recombinant cyno TIGIT, orpurified or recombinant mouse TIGIT) or a chimeric protein comprisingTIGIT (e.g., an Fc-fusion protein comprising human TIGIT, cyno TIGIT, ormouse TIGIT, or a His-tagged protein comprising human TIGIT, cyno TIGIT,or mouse TIGIT).

Methods for analyzing binding affinity, binding kinetics, andcross-reactivity are known in the art. See, e.g., Ernst et al.,Determination of Equilibrium Dissociation Constants, TherapeuticMonoclonal Antibodies (Wiley & Sons ed. 2009). These methods include,but are not limited to, solid-phase binding assays (e.g., ELISA assay),immunoprecipitation, surface plasmon resonance (SPR, e.g., Biacore™ (GEHealthcare, Piscataway, N.J.)), kinetic exclusion assays (e.g. KinExA®),flow cytometry, fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS), BioLayerinterferometry (e.g., Octet™ (FortéBio, Inc., Menlo Park, Calif.)), andWestern blot analysis. SPR techniques are reviewed, e.g., in Hahnfeld etal. Determination of Kinetic Data Using SPR Biosensors, MolecularDiagnosis of Infectious Diseases (2004). In a typical SPR experiment,one interactant (target or targeting agent) is immobilized on anSPR-active, gold-coated glass slide in a flow cell, and a samplecontaining the other interactant is introduced to flow across thesurface. When light of a given wavelength is shined on the surface, thechanges to the optical reflectivity of the gold indicate binding, andthe kinetics of binding. In some embodiments, kinetic exclusion assaysare used to determine affinity. This technique is described, e.g., inDarling et al., Assay and Drug Development Technologies Vol. 2, number 6647-657 (2004). In some embodiments, BioLayer interferometry assays areused to determine affinity. This technique is described, e.g., in Wilsonet al., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 38:400-407 (2010);Dysinger et al., J. Immunol. Methods, 379:30-41 (2012).

In some embodiments, the anti-TIGIT antibodies provided herein inhibitinteraction between TIGIT and the ligand CD155. In some embodiments, theanti-TIGIT antibodies provided herein inhibit interaction between TIGITand the ligand CD112. In some embodiments, the anti-TIGIT antibodiesprovided herein inhibit interaction between TIGIT and both of theligands CD155 and CD112.

In some embodiments, the ability of an anti-TIGIT antibody to inhibitinteractions between TIGIT and CD155 and/or CD112 is evaluated bymeasuring whether physical interactions between TIGIT and CD155 or CD112decrease in a binding assay. In some embodiments, the binding assay is acompetitive binding assay. The assay may be performed in variousformats, such as but not limited to an ELISA assay, flow cytometry, asurface plasmon resonance (SPR) assay (e.g., Biacore™), or BioLayerinterferometry (e.g., ForteBio Octet™) See, e.g., Duff et al., BiochemJ., 2009, 419:577-584; Dysinger et al., J. Immunol. Methods, 379:30-41(2012); and Estep et al, Mabs, 2013, 5:270-278.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIGIT antibody inhibits the interactionbetween TIGIT and CD155 in a functional bioassay, such as a functionalcellular assay in which inhibition of TIGIT/CD155 interaction isevaluated by measuring activation of CD155-CD226 signaling in the cell(e.g., via activation of a downstream reporter). A non-limitingexemplary functional cellular assay is described in the Examples sectionbelow. In this exemplary functional assay, luciferase expressionrequires TCR engagement and a co-stimulatory signal from CD155-CD226. Afirst cell (also referred to as a “T effector cell”) expresses a TCRcomplex, TIGIT, and CD226 on the cell surface and contains a luciferasegene. A second cell (also referred to as an “artificial antigenpresenting cell”) expresses a TCR activator and CD155. Co-culture of thecells in the absence of anti-TIGIT antibody results in a TIGIT-CD155interaction that inhibits co-stimulation of the effector cell byCD155-CD226, preventing expression of luciferase by the effector cell.In the presence of an anti-TIGIT antibody that inhibits the interactionbetween TIGIT and CD155, CD155 and CD226 are able to interact andproduce a co-stimulatory signal that drives luciferase expression in thefirst cell. Such functional cellular assays are described in the art,e.g., Cong et al., Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News, 2015,35(10):16-17, and are also commercially available (e.g., TIGIT/CD155Blockade Bioassay Kit, Promega Corp., Madison, Wis.). In someembodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody that inhibits the interactionbetween TIGIT and CD155 increases the level or amount of activation ofCD155-CD226 signaling (e.g., as measured in a cellular assay such as theTIGIT/CD155 Blockade Bioassay Kit) by at least 10%, at least 20%, atleast 30%, at least 40%, at least 50%, at least 60%, at least 70%, atleast 80%, at least 90%, or more as compared to the level or amount ofCD155-CD226 signaling in the absence of the anti-TIGIT antibody. In someembodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody that inhibits the interactionbetween TIGIT and CD155 increases the level or amount of activation ofCD155-CD226 signaling (e.g., as measured in a cellular assay such as theTIGIT/CD155 Blockade Bioassay Kit) by at least about 1.2-fold, at leastabout 1.5-fold, at least about 2-fold, at least about 3-fold, at leastabout 4-fold, at least about 5-fold, at least about 6-fold, at leastabout 7-fold, at least about 8-fold, at least about 9-fold, at leastabout 10-fold or more as compared to the level or amount of CD155-CD226signaling in the absence of the anti-TIGIT antibody.

In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody that binds to human TIGIT(and optionally exhibits cross-reactivity with cynomolgus monkey and/ormouse TIGIT and/or optionally inhibits interaction between TIGIT andCD155 and/or CD112) exhibits synergy with an anti-PD-1 agent (e.g., ananti-PD-1 antibody). In some embodiments, the anti-TIGIT antibodyenhances the effect of the anti-PD-1 agent (e.g., anti-PD-1 antibody) byat least about 1.2-fold, at least about 1.5-fold, at least about 2-fold,at least about 3-fold, at least about 4-fold, at least about 5-fold, atleast about 6-fold, at least about 7-fold, at least about 8-fold, atleast about 9-fold, at least about 10-fold or more.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIGIT antibody exhibits synergy with ananti-PD-1 agent (e.g., an anti-PD-1 antibody) in a functional bioassay,such as a functional cellular assay in which inhibition of TIGITsignaling and inhibition of PD-1 signaling is evaluated by measuring theactivation of signaling in an effector cell. A non-limiting exemplaryfunctional cellular assay is described in the Examples section below. Inthis exemplary functional assay, a first cell (also referred to as a “Teffector cell”) expresses a TCR complex, TIGIT, CD226, and PD-1 on thecell surface and contains a luciferase gene. A second cell (alsoreferred to as an “artificial antigen presenting cell”) expresses a TCRactivator, CD155, and PD-L1. Expression of the luciferase gene by theeffector cell is activated by either or both of (1) blockade ofTIGIT-CD155 interaction, thereby allowing CD155-CD226 interaction andsubsequent co-stimulation of luciferase expression by the effector cell,or (2) blockade of PD-1/PD-L1 interaction, thereby relieving theinhibition of luciferase expression by the effector cell. The level ofluciferase expression in the absence or presence of anti-TIGITantibodies and anti-PD-1 agents or anti-PD-L1 agents can be measured andquantified for determining whether an anti-TIGIT antibody exhibitssynergy with the anti-PD-1 agent or the anti-PD-L1 agent. Suchfunctional cellular assays are described in the art (e.g., Cong et al.,Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News, 2015, 35(10):16-17), and arealso commercially available (e.g., PD-1/TIGIT Combination Bioassay Kit,Promega Corp., Madison, Wis.).

In some embodiments, the efficacy of an anti-TIGIT antibody, as well aswhether the anti-TIGIT antibody inhibits synergistically with ananti-PD-1 agent (e.g., an anti-PD-1 antibody) or an anti-PD-L1 agent(e.g., an anti-PD-L1 antibody), can be measured using an in vivo model,e.g., an in vivo tumor model. For example, the efficacy of an anti-TIGITantibody as described herein, or the efficacy of an anti-TIGIT antibodyas described herein when administered in combination with an anti-PD-1agent or an anti-PD-L1 agent can be evaluated using a syngeneic mousetumor model. Suitable syngeneic tumor models are described in the art.See, e.g., Rios-Doria et al., Neoplasia, 2015, 17:661-670; and Moynihanet al., Nature Medicine, 2016, doi:10.1038/nm.4200. In some embodiments,an anti-TIGIT antibody reduces the size of a tumor or the overall numberof tumors in an in vivo model by at least 10%, at least 20%, at least30%, at least 40%, at least 50%, at least 60%, at least 70%, at least80%, at least 90% or more as compared to a control or reference value(e.g., as compared to tumor size or overall number of tumors in anuntreated control).

In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody recognizes an epitope ofhuman TIGIT that comprises one or both of amino acid positions 81 and82, as numbered with reference to SEQ ID NO:218. In some embodiments, ananti-TIGIT antibody recognizes an epitope that comprises Phe at position81. In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody recognizes an epitopethat comprises Lys or Ser at position 82. In some embodiments, ananti-TIGIT antibody recognizes an epitope that comprises Phe at position81 and Lys at position 82. In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibodyrecognizes an epitope that comprises Phe at position 81 and Ser atposition 82.

In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody recognizes a linear epitopethat comprises one or both of amino acid positions 81 and 82 (e.g., alinear epitope that comprises Phe at position 81 and Lys or Ser atposition 82). In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody recognizes adiscontinuous epitope that comprises one or both of amino acid positions81 and 82 (e.g., a discontinuous epitope that comprises Phe at position81 and Lys or Ser at position 82).

In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody binds to an epitope on humanTIGIT that further comprises one or more (e.g., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15 or more) of amino acid positions 51, 52, 53, 54,55, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, or93. In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody binds to an epitope onhuman TIGIT that further comprises one or more (e.g., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15 or more) of the following: Thr at position51, Ala at position 52, Glu or Gln at position 53, Val at position 54,Thr at position 55, Leu at position 73, Gly at position 74, Trp atposition 75, His at position 76, Val or Ile at position 77, Ser or Proat position 79, Asp at position 83, Arg at position 84, Val at position85, Val or Ala at position 86, Pro at position 87, Gly at position 88,Pro at position 89, Ser or Gly at position 90, Leu at position 91, Glyat position 92, or Leu at position 93. In some embodiments, ananti-TIGIT antibody binds to an epitope on human TIGIT that furthercomprises one or more (e.g., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14,15 or more) of the amino acid residues Thr51, Ala52, Gln53, Val54,Thr55, Leu73, Gly74, Trp75, His76, Ile77, Pro79, Asp83, Arg84, Val85,Ala86, Pro87, Gly88, Pro89, Gly90, Leu91, Gly92, and Leu93.

In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody recognizes an epitope thatcomprises Phe at position 81 and Lys or Ser at position 82, and furthercomprises Thr at position 51, Ala at position 52, Glu or Gln at position53, Val at position 54, and/or Thr at position 55. In some embodiments,an anti-TIGIT antibody recognizes an epitope that comprises Phe atposition 81 and Lys or Ser at position 82, and further comprises Gly atposition 74, Trp at position 75, His at position 76, and/or Val or Ileat position 77. In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody recognizesan epitope that comprises Phe at position 81 and Lys or Ser at position82, and further comprises Pro at position 87, Gly at position 88, Pro atposition 89, Ser or Gly at position 90, Leu at position 91, Gly atposition 92, and/or Leu at position 93. In some embodiments, ananti-TIGIT antibody recognizes an epitope comprising the amino acidresidues Thr51, Ala52, Gln53, Val54, Thr55, Gly74, Trp75, His76, Ile77,Phe81, Lys82, Pro87, Gly88, Pro89, Gly90, Leu91, Gly92, and Leu93.

In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody recognizes an epitope thatcomprises Phe at position 81 and Lys or Ser at position 82, and furthercomprises Ala at position 52 and/or Glu or Gln at position 53. In someembodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody recognizes an epitope that comprisesPhe at position 81 and Lys or Ser at position 82, and further comprisesLeu at position 73, Gly at position 74, and/or Trp at position 75. Insome embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody recognizes an epitope thatcomprises Phe at position 81 and Lys or Ser at position 82, and furthercomprises Asp at position 83, Arg at position 84, Val at position 85,and/or Val or Ala at position 86. In some embodiments, an anti-TIGITantibody recognizes an epitope comprising the amino acid residues Ala52,Gln53, Leu73, Gly74, Trp75, Pro79, Phe81, Lys82, Asp83, Arg84, Val85,and Ala86.

In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody recognizes an epitope ofhuman TIGIT comprising the sequence ICNADLGWHISPSFK (SEQ ID NO:258),which corresponds to residues 68-82 of human TIGIT (SEQ ID NO:218). Insome embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody recognizes an epitope of humanTIGIT consisting of the sequence ICNADLGWHISPSFK (SEQ ID NO:258).

Certain Anti-TIGIT Antibody Sequences

In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody that binds to human TIGITand that optionally exhibits cross-reactivity with cynomolgus monkeyTIGIT and/or mouse TIGIT comprises a light chain variable regionsequence, or a portion thereof, and/or a heavy chain variable regionsequence, or a portion thereof, derived from any of the followingantibodies described herein: Clone 2, Clone 2C, Clone 3, Clone 5, Clone13, Clone 13A, Clone 13B, Clone 13C, Clone 13D, Clone 14, Clone 16,Clone 16C, Clone 16D, Clone 16E, Clone 18, Clone 21, Clone 22, Clone 25,Clone 25A, Clone 25B, Clone 25C, Clone 25D, Clone 25E, Clone 27, orClone 54. The amino acid sequences of the CDR, light chain variabledomain (VL), and heavy chain variable domain (VH) of the anti-TIGITantibodies Clone 2, Clone 2C, Clone 3, Clone 5, Clone 13, Clone 13A,Clone 13B, Clone 13C, Clone 13D, Clone 14, Clone 16, Clone 16C, Clone16D, Clone 16E, Clone 18, Clone 21, Clone 22, Clone 25, Clone 25A, Clone25B, Clone 25C, Clone 25D, Clone 25E, Clone 27, and Clone 54 are setforth in the Sequence Table below.

In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody comprises a heavy chainvariable region (VH) comprising an amino acid sequence that has at least90% sequence identity (e.g., at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%,at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, orat least 99% sequence identity) to SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:19, SEQ IDNO:37, SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:73, SEQ ID NO:91, SEQ ID NO:109, SEQ IDNO:127, SEQ ID NO:145, SEQ ID NO:163, SEQ ID NO:181, SEQ ID NO:199, SEQID NO:245, SEQ ID NO:246, SEQ ID NO:247, SEQ ID NO:248, SEQ ID NO:249,SEQ ID NO:250, SEQ ID NO:251, SEQ ID NO:252, SEQ ID NO:253, SEQ IDNO:254, SEQ ID NO:255, SEQ ID NO:256, or SEQ ID NO:257. In someembodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody comprises a VH comprising the aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:19, SEQ ID NO:37, SEQ ID NO:55,SEQ ID NO:73, SEQ ID NO:91, SEQ ID NO:109, SEQ ID NO:127, SEQ ID NO:145,SEQ ID NO:163, SEQ ID NO:181, SEQ ID NO:199, SEQ ID NO:245, SEQ IDNO:246, SEQ ID NO:247, SEQ ID NO:248, SEQ ID NO:249, SEQ ID NO:250, SEQID NO:251, SEQ ID NO:252, SEQ ID NO:253, SEQ ID NO:254, SEQ ID NO:255,SEQ ID NO:256, or SEQ ID NO:257. In some embodiments, a VH sequencehaving at least 90% sequence identity to a reference sequence (e.g., SEQID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:19, SEQ ID NO:37, SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:73, SEQ IDNO:91, SEQ ID NO:109, SEQ ID NO:127, SEQ ID NO:145, SEQ ID NO:163, SEQID NO:181, SEQ ID NO:199, SEQ ID NO:245, SEQ ID NO:246, SEQ ID NO:247,SEQ ID NO:248, SEQ ID NO:249, SEQ ID NO:250, SEQ ID NO:251, SEQ IDNO:252, SEQ ID NO:253, SEQ ID NO:254, SEQ ID NO:255, SEQ ID NO:256, orSEQ ID NO:257) contains one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight,nine, ten or more substitutions (e.g., conservative substitutions),insertions, or deletions relative to the reference sequence but retainsthe ability to bind to human TIGIT and optionally, retains the abilityto block binding of CD155 and/or CD112 to TIGIT.

In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody comprises a light chainvariable region (VL) comprising an amino acid sequence that has at least90% sequence identity (e.g., at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%,at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, orat least 99% sequence identity) to SEQ ID NO:10, SEQ ID NO:28, SEQ IDNO:46, SEQ ID NO:64, SEQ ID NO:82, SEQ ID NO:100, SEQ ID NO:118, SEQ IDNO:136, SEQ ID NO:154, SEQ ID NO:172, SEQ ID NO:190, or SEQ ID NO:208.In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody comprises a VL comprisingthe amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:10, SEQ ID NO:28, SEQ ID NO:46, SEQID NO:64, SEQ ID NO:82, SEQ ID NO:100, SEQ ID NO:118, SEQ ID NO:136, SEQID NO:154, SEQ ID NO:172, SEQ ID NO:190, or SEQ ID NO:208. In someembodiments, a VL sequence having at least 90% sequence identity to areference sequence (e.g., SEQ ID NO:10, SEQ ID NO:28, SEQ ID NO:46, SEQID NO:64, SEQ ID NO:82, SEQ ID NO:100, SEQ ID NO:118, SEQ ID NO:136, SEQID NO:154, SEQ ID NO:172, SEQ ID NO:190, or SEQ ID NO:208) contains one,two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten or moresubstitutions (e.g., conservative substitutions), insertions, ordeletions relative to the reference sequence but retains the ability tobind to human TIGIT and optionally, retains the ability to block bindingof CD155 and/or CD112 to TIGIT.

In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody comprises a heavy chainvariable region comprising an amino acid sequence that has at least 90%sequence identity (e.g., at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, atleast 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, or atleast 99% sequence identity) to SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:19, SEQ ID NO:37,SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:73, SEQ ID NO:91, SEQ ID NO:109, SEQ ID NO:127,SEQ ID NO:145, SEQ ID NO:163, SEQ ID NO:181, SEQ ID NO:199, SEQ IDNO:245, SEQ ID NO:246, SEQ ID NO:247, SEQ ID NO:248, SEQ ID NO:249, SEQID NO:250, SEQ ID NO:251, SEQ ID NO:252, SEQ ID NO:253, SEQ ID NO:254,SEQ ID NO:255, SEQ ID NO:256, or SEQ ID NO:257, and further comprises alight chain variable region comprising an amino acid sequence that hasat least 90% sequence identity (e.g., at least 91%, at least 92%, atleast 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, atleast 98%, or at least 99% sequence identity) to SEQ ID NO:10, SEQ IDNO:28, SEQ ID NO:46, SEQ ID NO:64, SEQ ID NO:82, SEQ ID NO:100, SEQ IDNO:118, SEQ ID NO:136, SEQ ID NO:154, SEQ ID NO:172, SEQ ID NO:190, orSEQ ID NO:208. In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody comprises aheavy chain variable region comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO:1, SEQ ID NO:19, SEQ ID NO:37, SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:73, SEQ IDNO:91, SEQ ID NO:109, SEQ ID NO:127, SEQ ID NO:145, SEQ ID NO:163, SEQID NO:181, SEQ ID NO:199, SEQ ID NO:245, SEQ ID NO:246, SEQ ID NO:247,SEQ ID NO:248, SEQ ID NO:249, SEQ ID NO:250, SEQ ID NO:251, SEQ IDNO:252, SEQ ID NO:253, SEQ ID NO:254, SEQ ID NO:255, SEQ ID NO:256, orSEQ ID NO:257 and further comprises a light chain variable regioncomprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:10, SEQ ID NO:28, SEQ IDNO:46, SEQ ID NO:64, SEQ ID NO:82, SEQ ID NO:100, SEQ ID NO:118, SEQ IDNO:136, SEQ ID NO:154, SEQ ID NO:172, SEQ ID NO:190, or SEQ ID NO:208.

In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody comprises:

-   -   (a) a VH comprising an amino acid sequence that has at least 90%        sequence identity (e.g., at least 91%, at least 92%, at least        93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at        least 98%, or at least 99% sequence identity) to SEQ ID NO:1 or        SEQ ID NO:245 and a VL comprising an amino acid sequence that        has at least 90% sequence identity (e.g., at least 91%, at least        92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at        least 97%, at least 98%, or at least 99% sequence identity) to        SEQ ID NO:10;    -   (b) a VH comprising an amino acid sequence that has at least 90%        sequence identity (e.g., at least 91%, at least 92%, at least        93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at        least 98%, or at least 99% sequence identity) to SEQ ID NO:19        and a VL comprising an amino acid sequence that has at least 90%        sequence identity (e.g., at least 91%, at least 92%, at least        93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at        least 98%, or at least 99% sequence identity) to SEQ ID NO:28;    -   (c) a VH comprising an amino acid sequence that has at least 90%        sequence identity (e.g., at least 91%, at least 92%, at least        93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at        least 98%, or at least 99% sequence identity) to SEQ ID NO:37        and a VL comprising an amino acid sequence that has at least 90%        sequence identity (e.g., at least 91%, at least 92%, at least        93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at        least 98%, or at least 99% sequence identity) to SEQ ID NO:46;    -   (d) a VH comprising an amino acid sequence that has at least 90%        sequence identity (e.g., at least 91%, at least 92%, at least        93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at        least 98%, or at least 99% sequence identity) to any one of SEQ        ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:246, SEQ ID NO:247, SEQ ID NO:248, or SEQ ID        NO:249 and a VL comprising an amino acid sequence that has at        least 90% sequence identity (e.g., at least 91%, at least 92%,        at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least        97%, at least 98%, or at least 99% sequence identity) to SEQ ID        NO:64;    -   (e) a VH comprising an amino acid sequence that has at least 90%        sequence identity (e.g., at least 91%, at least 92%, at least        93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at        least 98%, or at least 99% sequence identity) to SEQ ID NO:73        and a VL comprising an amino acid sequence that has at least 90%        sequence identity (e.g., at least 91%, at least 92%, at least        93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at        least 98%, or at least 99% sequence identity) to SEQ ID NO:82;    -   (f) a VH comprising an amino acid sequence that has at least 90%        sequence identity (e.g., at least 91%, at least 92%, at least        93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at        least 98%, or at least 99% sequence identity) to any one of SEQ        ID NO:91, SEQ ID NO:250, SEQ ID NO:251, or SEQ ID NO:252 and a        VL comprising an amino acid sequence that has at least 90%        sequence identity (e.g., at least 91%, at least 92%, at least        93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at        least 98%, or at least 99% sequence identity) to SEQ ID NO:100;    -   (g) a VH comprising an amino acid sequence that has at least 90%        sequence identity (e.g., at least 91%, at least 92%, at least        93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at        least 98%, or at least 99% sequence identity) to SEQ ID NO:109        and a VL comprising an amino acid sequence that has at least 90%        sequence identity (e.g., at least 91%, at least 92%, at least        93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at        least 98%, or at least 99% sequence identity) to SEQ ID NO:118;    -   (h) a VH comprising an amino acid sequence that has at least 90%        sequence identity (e.g., at least 91%, at least 92%, at least        93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at        least 98%, or at least 99% sequence identity) to SEQ ID NO:127        and a VL comprising an amino acid sequence that has at least 90%        sequence identity (e.g., at least 91%, at least 92%, at least        93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at        least 98%, or at least 99% sequence identity) to SEQ ID NO:136;    -   (i) a VH comprising an amino acid sequence that has at least 90%        sequence identity (e.g., at least 91%, at least 92%, at least        93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at        least 98%, or at least 99% sequence identity) to SEQ ID NO:145        and a VL comprising an amino acid sequence that has at least 90%        sequence identity (e.g., at least 91%, at least 92%, at least        93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at        least 98%, or at least 99% sequence identity) to SEQ ID NO:154;    -   (j) a VH comprising an amino acid sequence that has at least 90%        sequence identity (e.g., at least 91%, at least 92%, at least        93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at        least 98%, or at least 99% sequence identity) to any one of SEQ        ID NO:163, SEQ ID NO:253, SEQ ID NO:254, SEQ ID NO:255, SEQ ID        NO:256, or SEQ ID NO:257 and a VL comprising an amino acid        sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity (e.g., at least        91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at        least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, or at least 99% sequence        identity) to SEQ ID NO:172;    -   (k) a VH comprising an amino acid sequence that has at least 90%        sequence identity (e.g., at least 91%, at least 92%, at least        93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at        least 98%, or at least 99% sequence identity) to SEQ ID NO:181        and a VL comprising an amino acid sequence that has at least 90%        sequence identity (e.g., at least 91%, at least 92%, at least        93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at        least 98%, or at least 99% sequence identity) to SEQ ID NO:190;        or    -   (l) a VH comprising an amino acid sequence that has at least 90%        sequence identity (e.g., at least 91%, at least 92%, at least        93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 9′7%, at        least 98%, or at least 99% sequence identity) to SEQ ID NO:199        and a VL comprising an amino acid sequence that has at least 90%        sequence identity (e.g., at least 91%, at least 92%, at least        93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at        least 98%, or at least 99% sequence identity) to SEQ ID NO:208.

In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody comprises:

-   -   (a) a VH comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 and a        VL comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:10;    -   (b) a VH comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:19 and        a VL comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:28;    -   (c) a VH comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:37 and        a VL comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:46;    -   (d) a VH comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:55 and        a VL comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:64;    -   (e) a VH comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:73 and        a VL comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:82;    -   (f) a VH comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:91 and        a VL comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:100;    -   (g) a VH comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:109 and        a VL comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:118;    -   (h) a VH comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:127 and        a VL comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:136;    -   (i) a VH comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:145 and        a VL comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:154;    -   (j) a VH comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:163 and        a VL comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:172;    -   (k) a VH comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:181 and        a VL comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:190;    -   (l) a VH comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:199 and        a VL comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:208; or    -   (m) a VH comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:245 and        a VL comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:10; or    -   (n) a VH comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:246 and        a VL comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:64; or    -   (o) a VH comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:247 and        a VL comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:64; or    -   (p) a VH comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:248 and        a VL comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:64;    -   (q) a VH comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:249 and        a VL comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:64; or    -   (r) a VH comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:250 and        a VL comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:100; or    -   (s) a VH comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:251 and        a VL comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:100; or    -   (t) a VH comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:252 and        a VL comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:100; or    -   (u) a VH comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:253 and        a VL comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:172; or    -   (v) a VH comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:254 and        a VL comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:172; or    -   (w) a VH comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:255 and        a VL comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:172; or    -   (x) a VH comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:256 and        a VL comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:172; or    -   (y) a VH comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:257 and        a VL comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:172.

In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody comprises heavy chain CDR1,CDR2, and CDR3, and light chain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3, wherein one ormore (e.g., one, two, three, four, five, or six) of the CDRs areselected from the heavy chain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3, and light chainCDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 shown in Tables A, B, C, D, and E.

TABLE A Clone 13 alternative CDR definitions SEQ SEQ SEQ CDR Heavy chainID ID ID definition (HC) CDR1 NO HC CDR2 NO HC CDR3 NO CompositeGTFSSYAIS 58 SIIPIFGTANYAQKFQG 60 ARGPSEVGAILGYVWFDP 62 IMGT GGTFSSYA283 IIPIFGTA 285 ARGPSEVGAILGYVWFDP 62 Kabat SYAIS 284 SIIPIFGTANYAQKFQG60 GPSEVGAILGYVWFDP 286 SEQ SEQ SEQ CDR Light chain (LC) ID ID IDdefinition CDR1 NO LC CDR2 NO LC CDR3 NO Composite RSSQSLLHSNGYNYLD 67LGSNRAS 69 MQARRIPIT 71 IMGT QSLLHSNGYNY 287 LGS 288 MQARRIPIT 71 KabatRSSQSLLHSNGYNYLD 67 LGSNRAS 69 MQARRIPIT 71

TABLE B Clone 13A alternative CDR definitions Heavy CDR chain (HC)SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID definition CDR1 NO HC CDR2 NO HC CDR3 NO CompositeGTFLSSAIS 224 SLIPYFGTANYAQKFQG 225 ARGPSEVGAILGYVWFDP  62 IMGT GGTFLSSA293 LIPYFGTA 297 ARGPSEVGAILGYVWFDP  62 Kabat SSAIS 294SLIPYFGTANYAQKFQG 225 GPSEVGAILGYVWFDP 286 Light CDR chain (LC) SEQ IDSEQ ID SEQ ID definition CDR1 NO LC CDR2 NO LC CDR3 NO CompositeRSSQSLLHSNGYNYLD  67 LGSNRAS  69 MQARRIPIT 71 IMGT QSLLHSNGYNY 287 LGS288 MQARRIPIT 71 Kabat RSSQSLLHSNGYNYLD  67 LGSNRAS  69 MQARRIPIT 71

TABLE C Clone 13B alternative CDR definitions Heavy CDR chain (HC)SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID definition CDR1 NO HC CDR2 NO HC CDR3 NO CompositeGTFSAWAIS 226 SIIPYFGKANYAQKFQG 227 ARGPSEVSGILGYVWFDP 228 IMGT GGTFSAWA289 IIPYFGKA 291 ARGPSEVSGILGYVWFDP 228 Kabat AWAIS 290SIIPYFGKANYAQKFQG 227 GPSEVSGILGYVWFDP 292 Light CDR chain (LC) SEQ IDSEQ ID SEQ ID definition CDR1 NO LC CDR2 NO LC CDR3 NO CompositeRSSQSLLHSNGYNYLD  67 LGSNRAS  69 MQARRIPIT 71 IMGT QSLLHSNGYNY 287 LGS288 MQARRIPIT 71 Kabat RSSQSLLHSNGYNYLD  67 LGSNRAS  69 MQARRIPIT 71

TABLE D Clone 13C alternative CDR definitions Heavy CDR chain (HC)SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID definition CDR1 NO HC CDR2 NO HC CDR3 NO CompositeGTFLSSAIS 224 SIIPLFGKANYAQKFQG 229 ARGPSEVKGILGYVWFDP 230 IMGT GGTFLSSA293 IIPLFGKA 295 ARGPSEVKGILGYVWFDP 230 Kabat SSAIS 294SIIPLFGKANYAQKFQG 229 GPSEVKGILGYVWFDP 296 Light CDR chain (LC) SEQ IDSEQ ID SEQ ID definition CDR1 NO LC CDR2 NO LC CDR3 NO CompositeRSSQSLLHSNGYNYLD  67 LGSNRAS  69 MQARRIPIT 71 IMGT QSLLHSNGYNY 287 LGS288 MQARRIPIT 71 Kabat RSSQSLLHSNGYNYLD  67 LGSNRAS  69 MQARRIPIT 71

TABLE E Clone 13D alternative CDR definitions Heavy CDR chain (HC)SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID definition CDR1 NO HC CDR2 NO HC CDR3 NO CompositeGTFLSSAIS 224 SIIPYFGKANYAQKFQG 227 ARGPSEVKGILGYVWFDP 230 IMGT GGTFLSSA293 IIPYFGKA 290 ARGPSEVKGILGYVWFDP 230 Kabat SSAIS 294SIIPYFGKANYAQKFQG 227 GPSEVKGILGYVWFDP 296 Light CDR chain (LC) SEQ IDSEQ ID SEQ ID definition CDR1 NO LC CDR2 NO LC CDR3 NO CompositeRSSQSLLHSNGYNYLD  67 LGSNRAS  69 MQARRIPIT 71 IMGT QSLLHSNGYNY 287 LGS288 MQARRIPIT 71 Kabat RSSQSLLHSNGYNYLD  67 LGSNRAS  69 MQARRIPIT 71

In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody comprises one or more (e.g.,one, two, three, four, five, or six) of:

-   -   a heavy chain CDR1 sequence comprising an amino acid sequence        selected from SEQ ID NO:58, SEQ ID NO:283, SEQ ID NO:284, SEQ ID        NO:224, SEQ ID NO:293, SEQ ID NO:294, SEQ ID NO:226, SEQ ID        NO:289, and SEQ ID NO:290;    -   a heavy chain CDR2 sequence comprising an amino acid sequence        selected from SEQ ID NO:60, SEQ ID NO:285, SEQ ID NO:225, SEQ ID        NO:297, SEQ ID NO:227, SEQ ID NO:291, SEQ ID NO:229, and SEQ ID        NO:295;    -   a heavy chain CDR3 sequence comprising an amino acid sequence        selected from SEQ ID NO:62, SEQ ID NO:286, SEQ ID NO:228, SEQ ID        NO:292, SEQ ID NO:230, and SEQ ID NO:296;    -   a light chain CDR1 sequence comprising an amino acid sequence        selected from SEQ ID NO:67 and SEQ ID NO:287;    -   a light chain CDR2 sequence comprising an amino acid sequence        selected from SEQ ID NO:69 and SEQ ID NO:288; and/or    -   a light chain CDR3 sequence comprising the amino acid sequence        of SEQ ID NO:71.

In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody comprises a heavy chain CDR1sequence comprising the amino acid sequence of any of SEQ ID NO:58, SEQID NO:283, SEQ ID NO:284, SEQ ID NO:224, SEQ ID NO:293, SEQ ID NO:294,SEQ ID NO:226, SEQ ID NO:289, or SEQ ID NO:290; a heavy chain CDR2sequence comprising the amino acid sequence of any of SEQ ID NO:60, SEQID NO:285, SEQ ID NO:225, SEQ ID NO:297, SEQ ID NO:227, SEQ ID NO:291,SEQ ID NO:229, or SEQ ID NO:295; a heavy chain CDR3 sequence comprisingthe amino acid sequence of any of SEQ ID NO:62, SEQ ID NO:286, SEQ IDNO:228, SEQ ID NO:292, SEQ ID NO:230, or SEQ ID NO:296; a light chainCDR1 sequence comprising the amino acid sequence of any of SEQ ID NO:67or SEQ ID NO:287; a light chain CDR2 sequence comprising the amino acidsequence of any of SEQ ID NO:69 or SEQ ID NO:288; and a light chain CDR3sequence comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:71.

In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody comprises a heavy chain CDR1sequence comprising the amino acid sequence of any of SEQ ID NO:58, SEQID NO:283, SEQ ID NO:284, SEQ ID NO:224, SEQ ID NO:293, SEQ ID NO:294,SEQ ID NO:226, SEQ ID NO:289, or SEQ ID NO:290; a heavy chain CDR2sequence comprising the amino acid sequence of any of SEQ ID NO:60, SEQID NO:285, SEQ ID NO:225, SEQ ID NO:297, SEQ ID NO:227, SEQ ID NO:291,SEQ ID NO:229, or SEQ ID NO:295; and a heavy chain CDR3 sequencecomprising the amino acid sequence of any of SEQ ID NO:62, SEQ IDNO:286, SEQ ID NO:228, SEQ ID NO:292, SEQ ID NO:230, or SEQ ID NO:296.

In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody comprises a light chain CDR1sequence comprising the amino acid sequence of any of SEQ ID NO:67 orSEQ ID NO:287; a light chain CDR2 sequence comprising the amino acidsequence of any of SEQ ID NO:69 or SEQ ID NO:288; and a light chain CDR3sequence comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:71.

In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody comprises: (i) a heavy chainCDR1 sequence comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:58, SEQ IDNO:283, or SEQ ID NO:284; (ii) a heavy chain CDR2 sequence comprisingthe amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:60 or SEQ ID NO:285; (iii) a heavychain CDR3 sequence comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:62or SEQ ID NO:286; (iv) a light chain CDR1 sequence comprising the aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO:67 or SEQ ID NO:287; (v) a light chain CDR2sequence comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:69 or SEQ IDNO:288; and (vi) a light chain CDR3 sequence comprising the amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO:71.

In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody comprises: (i) a heavy chainCDR1 sequence comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:224, SEQID NO:293, or SEQ ID NO:294; (ii) a heavy chain CDR2 sequence comprisingthe amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:225 or SEQ ID NO:297; (iii) a heavychain CDR3 sequence comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:62or SEQ ID NO:286; (iv) a light chain CDR1 sequence comprising the aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO:67 or SEQ ID NO:287; (v) a light chain CDR2sequence comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:69 or SEQ IDNO:288; and (vi) a light chain CDR3 sequence comprising the amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO:71.

In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody comprises: (i) a heavy chainCDR1 sequence comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:226, SEQID NO:289, or SEQ ID NO:290; (ii) a heavy chain CDR2 sequence comprisingthe amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:227 or SEQ ID NO:291; (iii) a heavychain CDR3 sequence comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:228or SEQ ID NO:292; (iv) a light chain CDR1 sequence comprising the aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO:67 or SEQ ID NO:287; (v) a light chain CDR2sequence comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:69 or SEQ IDNO:288; and (vi) a light chain CDR3 sequence comprising the amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO:71.

In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody comprises: (i) a heavy chainCDR1 sequence comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:224, SEQID NO:293, or SEQ ID NO:294; (ii) a heavy chain CDR2 sequence comprisingthe amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:229 or SEQ ID NO:295; (iii) a heavychain CDR3 sequence comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:230or SEQ ID NO:296; (iv) a light chain CDR1 sequence comprising the aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO:67 or SEQ ID NO:287; (v) a light chain CDR2sequence comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:69 or SEQ IDNO:288; and (vi) a light chain CDR3 sequence comprising the amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO:71.

In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody comprises: (i) a heavy chainCDR1 sequence comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:224, SEQID NO:293, or SEQ ID NO:294; (ii) a heavy chain CDR2 sequence comprisingthe amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:227 or SEQ ID NO:290; (iii) a heavychain CDR3 sequence comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:230or SEQ ID NO:296; (iv) a light chain CDR1 sequence comprising the aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO:67 or SEQ ID NO:287; (v) a light chain CDR2sequence comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:69 or SEQ IDNO:288; and (vi) a light chain CDR3 sequence comprising the amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO:71.

In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody comprises one or more (e.g.,one, two, three, four, five, or six) of:

-   -   a heavy chain CDR1 sequence comprising the amino acid sequence        of any of SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:22, SEQ ID NO:40, SEQ ID NO:58,        SEQ ID NO:76, SEQ ID NO:94, SEQ ID NO:112, SEQ ID NO:130, SEQ ID        NO:148, SEQ ID NO:166, SEQ ID NO:184, SEQ ID NO:202, SEQ ID        NO:221, SEQ ID NO:224, SEQ ID NO:226, SEQ ID NO:231, SEQ ID        NO:233, SEQ ID NO:239, SEQ ID NO:243, SEQ ID NO:283, SEQ ID        NO:284, SEQ ID NO:293, SEQ ID NO:294, SEQ ID NO:289, or SEQ ID        NO:290;    -   a heavy chain CDR2 sequence comprising the amino acid sequence        of any of SEQ ID NO:6, SEQ ID NO:24, SEQ ID NO:42, SEQ ID NO:60,        SEQ ID NO:78, SEQ ID NO:96, SEQ ID NO:114, SEQ ID NO:132, SEQ ID        NO:150, SEQ ID NO:168, SEQ ID NO:186, SEQ ID NO:204, SEQ ID        NO:222, SEQ ID NO:225, SEQ ID NO:227, SEQ ID NO:229, SEQ ID        NO:232, SEQ ID NO:234, SEQ ID NO:238, SEQ ID NO:240, SEQ ID        NO:285, SEQ ID NO:297, SEQ ID NO:291, or SEQ ID NO:295;    -   a heavy chain CDR3 sequence comprising the amino acid sequence        of any of SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:26, SEQ ID NO:44, SEQ ID NO:62,        SEQ ID NO:80, SEQ ID NO:98, SEQ ID NO:116, SEQ ID NO:134, SEQ ID        NO:152, SEQ ID NO:170, SEQ ID NO:188, SEQ ID NO:206, SEQ ID        NO:223, SEQ ID NO:228, SEQ ID NO:230, SEQ ID NO:235, SEQ ID        NO:236, SEQ ID NO:237, SEQ ID NO:241, SEQ ID NO:242, SEQ ID        NO:244, SEQ ID NO:286, SEQ ID NO:292, or SEQ ID NO:296;    -   a light chain CDR1 sequence comprising the amino acid sequence        of any of SEQ ID NO:13, SEQ ID NO:31, SEQ ID NO:49, SEQ ID        NO:67, SEQ ID NO:85, SEQ ID NO:103, SEQ ID NO:121, SEQ ID        NO:139, SEQ ID NO:157, SEQ ID NO:175, SEQ ID NO:193, SEQ ID        NO:211, or SEQ ID NO:287;    -   a light chain CDR2 sequence comprising the amino acid sequence        of any of SEQ ID NO:15, SEQ ID NO:33, SEQ ID NO:51, SEQ ID        NO:69, SEQ ID NO:87, SEQ ID NO:105, SEQ ID NO:123, SEQ ID        NO:141, SEQ ID NO:159, SEQ ID NO:177, SEQ ID NO:195, SEQ ID        NO:213, or SEQ ID NO:288; and/or    -   a light chain CDR3 sequence comprising the amino acid sequence        of any of SEQ ID NO:17, SEQ ID NO:35, SEQ ID NO:53, SEQ ID        NO:71, SEQ ID NO:89, SEQ ID NO:107, SEQ ID NO:125, SEQ ID        NO:143, SEQ ID NO:161, SEQ ID NO:179, SEQ ID NO:197, or SEQ ID        NO:215.

In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody comprises a heavy chain CDR1sequence comprising the amino acid sequence of any of SEQ ID NO:4, SEQID NO:22, SEQ ID NO:40, SEQ ID NO:58, SEQ ID NO:76, SEQ ID NO:94, SEQ IDNO:112, SEQ ID NO:130, SEQ ID NO:148, SEQ ID NO:166, SEQ ID NO:184, SEQID NO:202, SEQ ID NO:221, SEQ ID NO:224, SEQ ID NO:226, SEQ ID NO:231,SEQ ID NO:233, SEQ ID NO:239, SEQ ID NO:243, SEQ ID NO:283, SEQ IDNO:284, SEQ ID NO:293, SEQ ID NO:294, SEQ ID NO:289, or SEQ ID NO:290; aheavy chain CDR2 sequence comprising the amino acid sequence of any ofSEQ ID NO:6, SEQ ID NO:24, SEQ ID NO:42, SEQ ID NO:60, SEQ ID NO:78, SEQID NO:96, SEQ ID NO:114, SEQ ID NO:132, SEQ ID NO:150, SEQ ID NO:168,SEQ ID NO:186, SEQ ID NO:204, SEQ ID NO:222, SEQ ID NO:225, SEQ IDNO:227, SEQ ID NO:229, SEQ ID NO:232, SEQ ID NO:234, SEQ ID NO:238, SEQID NO:240, SEQ ID NO:285, SEQ ID NO:297, SEQ ID NO:291, or SEQ IDNO:295; and a heavy chain CDR3 sequence comprising the amino acidsequence of any of SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:26, SEQ ID NO:44, SEQ IDNO:62, SEQ ID NO:80, SEQ ID NO:98, SEQ ID NO:116, SEQ ID NO:134, SEQ IDNO:152, SEQ ID NO:170, SEQ ID NO:188, SEQ ID NO:206, SEQ ID NO:223, SEQID NO:228, SEQ ID NO:230, SEQ ID NO:235, SEQ ID NO:236, SEQ ID NO:237,SEQ ID NO:241, SEQ ID NO:242, SEQ ID NO:244, SEQ ID NO:286, SEQ IDNO:292, or SEQ ID NO:296.

In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody comprises a light chain CDR1sequence comprising the amino acid sequence of any of SEQ ID NO:13, SEQID NO:31, SEQ ID NO:49, SEQ ID NO:67, SEQ ID NO:85, SEQ ID NO:103, SEQID NO:121, SEQ ID NO:139, SEQ ID NO:157, SEQ ID NO:175, SEQ ID NO:193,SEQ ID NO:211, or SEQ ID NO:287; a light chain CDR2 sequence comprisingthe amino acid sequence of any of SEQ ID NO:15, SEQ ID NO:33, SEQ IDNO:51, SEQ ID NO:69, SEQ ID NO:87, SEQ ID NO:105, SEQ ID NO:123, SEQ IDNO:141, SEQ ID NO:159, SEQ ID NO:177, SEQ ID NO:195, SEQ ID NO:213, orSEQ ID NO:288; and a light chain CDR3 sequence comprising the amino acidsequence of any of SEQ ID NO:17, SEQ ID NO:35, SEQ ID NO:53, SEQ IDNO:71, SEQ ID NO:89, SEQ ID NO:107, SEQ ID NO:125, SEQ ID NO:143, SEQ IDNO:161, SEQ ID NO:179, SEQ ID NO:197, or SEQ ID NO:215.

In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody comprises:

-   -   (i) a heavy chain CDR1 sequence comprising the amino acid        sequence of any of SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:22, SEQ ID NO:40, SEQ        ID NO:58, SEQ ID NO:76, SEQ ID NO:94, SEQ ID NO:112, SEQ ID        NO:130, SEQ ID NO:148, SEQ ID NO:166, SEQ ID NO:184, SEQ ID        NO:202, SEQ ID NO:221, SEQ ID NO:224, SEQ ID NO:226, SEQ ID        NO:231, SEQ ID NO:233, SEQ ID NO:239, SEQ ID NO:243, SEQ ID        NO:283, SEQ ID NO:284, SEQ ID NO:293, SEQ ID NO:294, SEQ ID        NO:289, or SEQ ID NO:290; and    -   (ii) a heavy chain CDR2 sequence comprising the amino acid        sequence of any of SEQ ID NO:6, SEQ ID NO:24, SEQ ID NO:42, SEQ        ID NO:60, SEQ ID NO:78, SEQ ID NO:96, SEQ ID NO:114, SEQ ID        NO:132, SEQ ID NO:150, SEQ ID NO:168, SEQ ID NO:186, SEQ ID        NO:204, SEQ ID NO:222, SEQ ID NO:225, SEQ ID NO:227, SEQ ID        NO:229, SEQ ID NO:232, SEQ ID NO:234, SEQ ID NO:238, SEQ ID        NO:240, SEQ ID NO:285, SEQ ID NO:297, SEQ ID NO:291, or SEQ ID        NO:295; and    -   (iii) a heavy chain CDR3 sequence comprising the amino acid        sequence of any of SEQ ID NO:8, SEQ ID NO:26, SEQ ID NO:44, SEQ        ID NO:62, SEQ ID NO:80, SEQ ID NO:98, SEQ ID NO:116, SEQ ID        NO:134, SEQ ID NO:152, SEQ ID NO:170, SEQ ID NO:188, SEQ ID        NO:206, SEQ ID NO:223, SEQ ID NO:228, SEQ ID NO:230, SEQ ID        NO:235, SEQ ID NO:236, SEQ ID NO:237, SEQ ID NO:241, SEQ ID        NO:242, SEQ ID NO:244, SEQ ID NO:286, SEQ ID NO:292, or SEQ ID        NO:296; and    -   (iv) a light chain CDR1 sequence comprising the amino acid        sequence of any of SEQ ID NO:13, SEQ ID NO:31, SEQ ID NO:49, SEQ        ID NO:67, SEQ ID NO:85, SEQ ID NO:103, SEQ ID NO:121, SEQ ID        NO:139, SEQ ID NO:157, SEQ ID NO:175, SEQ ID NO:193, SEQ ID        NO:211, or SEQ ID NO:287; and    -   (v) a light chain CDR2 sequence comprising the amino acid        sequence of any of SEQ ID NO:15, SEQ ID NO:33, SEQ ID NO:51, SEQ        ID NO:69, SEQ ID NO:87, SEQ ID NO:105, SEQ ID NO:123, SEQ ID        NO:141, SEQ ID NO:159, SEQ ID NO:177, SEQ ID NO:195, SEQ ID        NO:213, or SEQ ID NO:288; and    -   (vi) a light chain CDR3 sequence comprising the amino acid        sequence of any of SEQ ID NO:17, SEQ ID NO:35, SEQ ID NO:53, SEQ        ID NO:71, SEQ ID NO:89, SEQ ID NO:107, SEQ ID NO:125, SEQ ID        NO:143, SEQ ID NO:161, SEQ ID NO:179, SEQ ID NO:197, or SEQ ID        NO:215.

In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody comprises: (i) a heavy chainCDR1 sequence comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:4 or SEQID NO:221; (ii) a heavy chain CDR2 sequence comprising the amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO:6 or SEQ ID NO:222; (iii) a heavy chain CDR3sequence comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:8 or SEQ IDNO:223; (iv) a light chain CDR1 sequence comprising the amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO:13; (v) a light chain CDR2 sequence comprising theamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:15; and (vi) a light chain CDR3sequence comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:17.

In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody comprises: (i) a heavy chainCDR1 sequence comprising the amino acid sequence of any of SEQ ID NO:58,SEQ ID NO:224, or SEQ ID NO:226; (ii) a heavy chain CDR2 sequencecomprising the amino acid sequence of any of SEQ ID NO:60, SEQ IDNO:225, SEQ ID NO:227, or SEQ ID NO:229; (iii) a heavy chain CDR3sequence comprising the amino acid sequence of any of SEQ ID NO:62, SEQID NO:228, or SEQ ID NO:230; (iv) a light chain CDR1 sequence comprisingthe amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:67; (v) a light chain CDR2 sequencecomprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:69; and (vi) a lightchain CDR3 sequence comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:71.

In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody comprises: (i) a heavy chainCDR1 sequence comprising the amino acid sequence of any of SEQ ID NO:94,SEQ ID NO:231, or SEQ ID NO:233; (ii) a heavy chain CDR2 sequencecomprising the amino acid sequence of any of SEQ ID NO:96, SEQ IDNO:232, or SEQ ID NO:234; (iii) a heavy chain CDR3 sequence comprisingthe amino acid sequence of any of SEQ ID NO:98, SEQ ID NO:235, SEQ IDNO:236, or SEQ ID NO:237; (iv) a light chain CDR1 sequence comprisingthe amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:103; (v) a light chain CDR2sequence comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:105; and (vi) alight chain CDR3 sequence comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO:107.

In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody comprises: (i) a heavy chainCDR1 sequence comprising the amino acid sequence of any of SEQ IDNO:166, SEQ ID NO:239, or SEQ ID NO:243; (ii) a heavy chain CDR2sequence comprising the amino acid sequence of any of SEQ ID NO:168, SEQID NO:238, or SEQ ID NO:240; (iii) a heavy chain CDR3 sequencecomprising the amino acid sequence of any of SEQ ID NO:170, SEQ IDNO:241, SEQ ID NO:242, or SEQ ID NO:244; (iv) a light chain CDR1sequence comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:175; (v) alight chain CDR2 sequence comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO:177; and (vi) a light chain CDR3 sequence comprising the amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO:179.

In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody comprises a heavy chainCDR1-3 and a light chain CDR1-3 comprising the amino acid sequences of:

-   -   (a) SEQ ID NOs: 4, 6, 8, 13, 15, and 17, respectively;    -   (b) SEQ ID NOs: 22, 24, 26, 31, 33, and 35, respectively;    -   (c) SEQ ID NOs: 40, 42, 44, 49, 51, and 53, respectively;    -   (d) SEQ ID NOs: 58, 60, 62, 67, 69, and 71, respectively;    -   (e) SEQ ID NOs: 76, 78, 80, 85, 87, and 89, respectively;    -   (f) SEQ ID NOs: 94, 96, 98, 103, 105, and 107, respectively;    -   (g) SEQ ID NOs: 112, 114, 116, 121, 123, and 125, respectively;    -   (h) SEQ ID NOs: 130, 132, 134, 139, 141, and 143, respectively;    -   (i) SEQ ID NOs: 148, 150, 152, 157, 159, and 161, respectively;    -   (j) SEQ ID NOs: 166, 168, 170, 175, 177, and 179, respectively;    -   (k) SEQ ID NOs: 184, 186, 188, 193, 195, and 197, respectively;    -   (l) SEQ ID NOs: 202, 204, 206, 211, 213, and 215, respectively;        or    -   (m) SEQ ID NOs: 221, 222, 223, 13, 15, and 17, respectively; or    -   (n) SEQ ID NOs: 224, 225, 62, 67, 69, and 71, respectively; or    -   (o) SEQ ID NOs: 226, 227, 228, 67, 69, and 71, respectively; or    -   (p) SEQ ID NOs: 224, 229, 230, 67, 69, and 71, respectively; or    -   (q) SEQ ID NOs: 224, 227, 230, 67, 69, and 71, respectively; or    -   (r) SEQ ID NOs: 231, 232, 235, 103, 105, and 107, respectively;        or    -   (s) SEQ ID NOs: 233, 234, 236, 103, 105, and 107, respectively;        or    -   (t) SEQ ID NOs: 233, 234, 237, 103, 105, and 107, respectively;        or    -   (u) SEQ ID NOs: 166, 238, 170, 175, 177, and 179, respectively;        or    -   (v) SEQ ID NOs: 239, 240, 170, 175, 177, and 179, respectively;        or    -   (w) SEQ ID NOs: 239, 240, 241, 175, 177, and 179, respectively;        or    -   (x) SEQ ID NOs: 239, 240, 242, 175, 177, and 179, respectively;        or    -   (y) SEQ ID NOs: 243, 168, 244, 175, 177, and 179, respectively.

In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody comprises one or more heavychain framework regions (FR1, FR2, FR3, and/or FR4) comprising an aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:5, SEQ ID NO:7, SEQ ID NO:9, SEQID NO:21, SEQ ID NO:23, SEQ ID NO:25, SEQ ID NO:27, SEQ ID NO:39, SEQ IDNO:41, SEQ ID NO:43, SEQ ID NO:45, SEQ ID NO:57, SEQ ID NO:59, SEQ IDNO:61, SEQ ID NO:63, SEQ ID NO:75, SEQ ID NO:77, SEQ ID NO:79, SEQ IDNO:81, SEQ ID NO:93, SEQ ID NO:95, SEQ ID NO:97, SEQ ID NO:99, SEQ IDNO:111, SEQ ID NO:113, SEQ ID NO:115, SEQ ID NO:117, SEQ ID NO:129, SEQID NO:131, SEQ ID NO:133, SEQ ID NO:135, SEQ ID NO:147, SEQ ID NO:149,SEQ ID NO:151, SEQ ID NO:153, SEQ ID NO:165, SEQ ID NO:167, SEQ IDNO:169, SEQ ID NO:171, SEQ ID NO:183, SEQ ID NO:185, SEQ ID NO:187, SEQID NO:189, SEQ ID NO:201, SEQ ID NO:203, SEQ ID NO:205, or SEQ IDNO:207.

In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody comprises one or more lightchain framework regions (FR1, FR2, FR3, and/or FR4) comprising an aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO:12, SEQ ID NO:14, SEQ ID NO:16, SEQ ID NO:18,SEQ ID NO:30, SEQ ID NO:32, SEQ ID NO:34, SEQ ID NO:36, SEQ ID NO:48,SEQ ID NO:50, SEQ ID NO:52, SEQ ID NO:54, SEQ ID NO:66, SEQ ID NO:68,SEQ ID NO:70, SEQ ID NO:72, SEQ ID NO:84, SEQ ID NO:86, SEQ ID NO:88,SEQ ID NO:90, SEQ ID NO:102, SEQ ID NO:104, SEQ ID NO:106, SEQ IDNO:108, SEQ ID NO:120, SEQ ID NO:122, SEQ ID NO:124, SEQ ID NO:126, SEQID NO:138, SEQ ID NO:140, SEQ ID NO:142, SEQ ID NO:144, SEQ ID NO:156,SEQ ID NO:158, SEQ ID NO:160, SEQ ID NO:162, SEQ ID NO:174, SEQ IDNO:176, SEQ ID NO:178, SEQ ID NO:180, SEQ ID NO:192, SEQ ID NO:194, SEQID NO:196, SEQ ID NO:198, SEQ ID NO:210, SEQ ID NO:212, SEQ ID NO:214,or SEQ ID NO:216.

In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody comprises a heavy chaincomprising an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs: 260, 266,268, 270, and 272; and a light chain comprising the amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 274.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIGIT antibodies of the instant disclosuredo not compete for binding with the antibodies described in US2009/0258013, US 2016/0176963, US 2016/0376365, or WO 2016/028656. Insome embodiments, the anti-TIGIT antibodies of the instant disclosure donot bind to the same epitope as antibodies described in US 2009/0258013,US 2016/0176963, US 2016/0376365, or WO 2016/028656.

Preparation of Antibodies

For preparing an antibody that binds to TIGIT, many techniques known inthe art can be used. See, e.g., Kohler & Milstein, Nature 256:495-497(1975); Kozbor et al., Immunology Today 4: 72 (1983); Cole et al., pp.77-96 in Monoclonal Antibodies and Cancer Therapy, Alan R. Liss, Inc.(1985); Coligan, Current Protocols in Immunology (1991); Harlow & Lane,Antibodies, A Laboratory Manual (1988); and Goding, MonoclonalAntibodies: Principles and Practice (2nd ed. 1986)).

The genes encoding the heavy and light chains of an antibody of interestcan be cloned from a cell, e.g., the genes encoding a monoclonalantibody can be cloned from a hybridoma that expresses the antibody andused to produce a recombinant monoclonal antibody. Gene librariesencoding heavy and light chains of monoclonal antibodies can also bemade from hybridoma or plasma cells. Additionally, phage or yeastdisplay technology can be used to identify antibodies and heteromericFab fragments that specifically bind to selected antigens (see, e.g.,McCafferty et al., Nature 348:552-554 (1990); Marks et al.,Biotechnology 10:779-783 (1992); Lou et al. (2010) PEDS 23:311; and Chaoet al., Nature Protocols, 1:755-768 (2006)). Alternatively, antibodiesand antibody sequences may be isolated and/or identified using ayeast-based antibody presentation system, such as that disclosed in,e.g., Xu et al., Protein Eng Des Sel, 2013, 26:663-670; WO 2009/036379;WO 2010/105256; and WO 2012/009568. Random combinations of the heavy andlight chain gene products generate a large pool of antibodies withdifferent antigenic specificity (see, e.g., Kuby, Immunology (3^(rd) ed.1997)). Techniques for the production of single chain antibodies orrecombinant antibodies (U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,946,778, 4,816,567) can also beadapted to produce antibodies. Antibodies can also be made bispecific,i.e., able to recognize two different antigens (see, e.g., WO 93/08829,Traunecker et al., EMBO J. 10:3655-3659 (1991); and Suresh et al.,Methods in Enzymology 121:210 (1986)). Antibodies can also beheteroconjugates, e.g., two covalently joined antibodies, or antibodiescovalently bound to immunotoxins (see, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 4,676,980, WO91/00360; and WO 92/200373).

Antibodies can be produced using any number of expression systems,including prokaryotic and eukaryotic expression systems. In someembodiments, the expression system is a mammalian cell, such as ahybridoma, or a CHO cell. Many such systems are widely available fromcommercial suppliers. In embodiments in which an antibody comprises botha heavy chain and light chain, the heavy chain and heavy chain and lightchain may be expressed using a single vector, e.g., in a di-cistronicexpression unit, or be under the control of different promoters. Inother embodiments, the heavy chain and light chain region may beexpressed using separate vectors. Heavy chains and light chains asdescribed herein may optionally comprise a methionine at the N-terminus.

In some embodiments, antibody fragments (such as a Fab, a Fab′, aF(ab′)₂, a scFv, or a diabody) are generated. Various techniques havebeen developed for the production of antibody fragments. Traditionally,these fragments were derived via proteolytic digestion of intactantibodies (see, e.g., Morimoto et al., J. Biochem. Biophys. Meth.,24:107-117 (1992); and Brennan et al., Science, 229:81 (1985)). However,these fragments can now be produced directly using recombinant hostcells. For example, antibody fragments can be isolated from antibodyphage libraries. Alternatively, Fab′-SH fragments can be directlyrecovered from E. coli cells and chemically coupled to form F(ab′)₂fragments (see, e.g., Carter et al., BioTechnology, 10:163-167 (1992)).According to another approach, F(ab′)₂ fragments can be isolateddirectly from recombinant host cell culture. Other techniques for theproduction of antibody fragments will be apparent to those skilled inthe art. In other embodiments, the antibody of choice is a single chainFv fragment (scFv). See, e.g., PCT Publication No. WO 93/16185; and U.S.Pat. Nos. 5,571,894 and 5,587,458. The antibody fragment may also be alinear antibody as described, e.g., in U.S. Pat. No. 5,641,870.

In some embodiments, the antibody or antibody fragment can be conjugatedto another molecule, e.g., polyethylene glycol (PEGylation) or serumalbumin, to provide an extended half-life in vivo. Examples ofPEGylation of antibody fragments are provided in Knight et al. Platelets15:409, 2004 (for abciximab); Pedley et al., Br. J. Cancer 70:1126, 1994(for an anti-CEA antibody); Chapman et al., Nature Biotech. 17:780,1999; and Humphreys, et al., Protein Eng. Des. 20: 227, 2007).

In some embodiments, multispecific antibodies comprising an anti-TIGITantibody as described herein are provided, e.g., a bispecific antibody.Multispecific antibodies are antibodies that have binding specificitiesfor at least two different sites. In some embodiments, the multispecificantibody has a binding specificity for TIGIT (e.g., human TIGIT) and hasa binding specificity for at least one other antigen. Methods for makingmultispecific antibodies include, but are not limited to, recombinantco-expression of two pairs of heavy chain and light chain in a host cell(see, e.g., Zuo et al., Protein Eng Des Sel, 2000, 13:361-367);“knobs-into-holes” engineering (see, e.g., Ridgway et al., Protein EngDes Sel, 1996, 9:617-721); “diabody” technology (see, e.g., Hollinger etal., PNAS (USA), 1993, 90:6444-6448); and intramolecular trimerization(see, e.g., Alvarez-Cienfuegos et al., Scientific Reports, 2016,doi:/10.1038/srep28643); See also, Spiess et al., Molecular Immunology,2015, 67(2), Part A:95-106.

In some embodiments, antibody-drug conjugates comprising an anti-TIGITantibody as described herein are provided. In antibody-drug conjugates,a monoclonal antibody having a binding specificity for an antigen (e.g.,TIGIT) is covalently linked to a cytotoxic drug. Methods for makingantibody-drug conjugates are described, e.g., in Chudasama et al.,Nature Chemistry, 2016, 8:114-119; WO 2013/068874; and U.S. Pat. No.8,535,678.

Selection of Constant Region

Heavy and light chain variable regions of the anti-TIGIT antibodiesdescribed herein can be linked to at least a portion of a human constantregion. The choice of constant region depends, in part, whetherantibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity, antibody dependentcellular phagocytosis and/or complement dependent cytotoxicity aredesired. For example, human isotopes IgG1 and IgG3 have strongcomplement-dependent cytotoxicity, human isotype IgG2 weakcomplement-dependent cytotoxicity and human IgG4 lackscomplement-dependent cytotoxicity. Human IgG1 and IgG3 also inducestronger cell mediated effector functions than human IgG2 and IgG4.Light chain constant regions can be lambda or kappa. Antibodies can beexpressed as tetramers containing two light and two heavy chains, asseparate heavy chains, light chains, as Fab, Fab′, F(ab′)₂, and Fv, oras single chain antibodies in which heavy and light chain variabledomains are linked through a spacer.

Human constant regions show allotypic variation and isoallotypicvariation between different individuals, that is, the constant regionscan differ in different individuals at one or more polymorphicpositions. Isoallotypes differ from allotypes in that sera recognizingan isoallotype binds to a non-polymorphic region of one or more otherisotypes.

One or several amino acids at the amino or carboxy terminus of the lightand/or heavy chain, such as the C-terminal lysine of the heavy chain,may be missing or derivatized in a proportion or all of the molecules.Substitutions can be made in the constant regions to reduce or increaseeffector function such as complement-mediated cytotoxicity or ADCC (see,e.g., Winter et al., U.S. Pat. No. 5,624,821; Tso et al., U.S. Pat. No.5,834,597; and Lazar et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103:4005, 2006),or to prolong half-life in humans (see, e.g., Hinton et al., J. Biol.Chem. 279:6213, 2004).

Exemplary substitution include the amino acid substitution of the nativeamino acid to a cysteine residue is introduced at amino acid position234, 235, 237, 239, 267, 298, 299, 326, 330, or 332, preferably an S239Cmutation in a human IgG1 isotype (numbering is according to the EU index(Kabat, Sequences of Proteins of Immunological Interest (NationalInstitutes of Health, Bethesda, Md., 1987 and 1991); see US 20100158909,which is herein incorporated reference). The presence of an additionalcysteine residue may allow interchain disulfide bond formation. Suchinterchain disulfide bond formation can cause steric hindrance, therebyreducing the affinity of the Fc region-FcγR binding interaction. Thecysteine residue(s) introduced in or in proximity to the Fc region of anIgG constant region can also serve as sites for conjugation totherapeutic agents (i.e., coupling cytotoxic drugs using thiol specificreagents such as maleimide derivatives of drugs. The presence of atherapeutic agent causes steric hindrance, thereby further reducing theaffinity of the Fc region-FcγR binding interaction. Other substitutionsat any of positions 234, 235, 236 and/or 237 reduce affinity for Fcγreceptors, particularly FcγRI receptor (see, e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos.6,624,821, 5,624,821.) A preferred combination of mutations is S239D,A330L and I332E, which increases the affinity of the Fc domain forFcγRIIIA and consequently increases ADCC.

The in vivo half-life of an antibody can also impact its effectorfunctions. The half-life of an antibody can be increased or decreased tomodify its therapeutic activities. FcRn is a receptor that isstructurally similar to MHC Class I antigen that non-covalentlyassociates with β2-microglobulin. FcRn regulates the catabolism of IgGsand their transcytosis across tissues (Ghetie and Ward, 2000, Annu. Rev.Immunol. 18:739-766; Ghetie and Ward, 2002, Immunol. Res. 25:97-113).The IgG-FcRn interaction takes place at pH 6.0 (pH of intracellularvesicles) but not at pH 7.4 (pH of blood); this interaction enables IgGsto be recycled back to the circulation (Ghetie and Ward, 2000, Ann. Rev.Immunol. 18:739-766; Ghetie and Ward, 2002, Immunol. Res. 25:97-113).The region on human IgG1 involved in FcRn binding has been mapped(Shields et al., 2001, J. Biol. Chem. 276:6591-604). Alaninesubstitutions at positions Pro238, Thr256, Thr307, Gln311, Asp312,Glu380, Glu382, or Asn434 of human IgG1 enhance FcRn binding (Shields etal., 2001, J Biol. Chem. 276:6591-604). IgG1 molecules harboring thesesubstitutions have longer serum half-lives. Consequently, these modifiedIgG1 molecules may be able to carry out their effector functions, andhence exert their therapeutic efficacies, over a longer period of timecompared to unmodified IgG1. Other exemplary substitutions forincreasing binding to FcRn include a Gln at position 250 and/or a Leu atposition 428. EU numbering is used for all positions in the constantregion.

Oligosaccharides covalently attached to the conserved Asn297 areinvolved in the ability of the Fc region of an IgG to bind FcγR (Lund etal., 1996, J. Immunol. 157:4963-69; Wright and Morrison, 1997, TrendsBiotechnol. 15:26-31). Engineering of this glycoform on IgG cansignificantly improve IgG-mediated ADCC. Addition of bisectingN-acetylglucosamine modifications (Umana et al., 1999, Nat. Biotechnol.17:176-180; Davies et al., 2001, Biotech. Bioeng. 74:288-94) to thisglycoform or removal of fucose (Shields et al., 2002, J. Biol. Chem.277:26733-40; Shinkawa et al., 2003, J. Biol. Chem. 278:6591-604; Niwaet al., 2004, Cancer Res. 64:2127-33) from this glycoform are twoexamples of IgG Fc engineering that improves the binding between IgG Fcand FcγR, thereby enhancing Ig-mediated ADCC activity.

A systemic substitution of solvent-exposed amino acids of human IgG1 Fcregion has generated IgG variants with altered FcγR binding affinities(Shields et al., 2001, J. Biol. Chem. 276:6591-604). When compared toparental IgG1, a subset of these variants involving substitutions atThr256/Ser298, Ser298/Glu333, Ser298/Lys334, or Ser298/Glu333/Lys334 toAla demonstrate increased in both binding affinity toward FcγR and ADCCactivity (Shields et al., 2001, J. Biol. Chem. 276:6591-604; Okazaki etal., 2004, J. Mol. Biol. 336:1239-49).

Complement fixation activity of antibodies (both C1q binding and CDCactivity) can be improved by substitutions at Lys326 and Glu333(Idusogie et al., 2001, J. Immunol. 166:2571-2575). The samesubstitutions on a human IgG2 backbone can convert an antibody isotypethat binds poorly to C1q and is severely deficient in complementactivation activity to one that can both bind C1q and mediate CDC(Idusogie et al., 2001, J. Immunol. 166:2571-75). Several other methodshave also been applied to improve complement fixation activity ofantibodies. For example, the grafting of an 18-amino acidcarboxyl-terminal tail piece of IgM to the carboxyl-termini of IgGgreatly enhances their CDC activity. This is observed even with IgG4,which normally has no detectable CDC activity (Smith et al., 1995, J.Immunol. 154:2226-36). Also, substituting Ser444 located close to thecarboxy-terminal of IgG1 heavy chain with Cys induced tail-to-taildimerization of IgG1 with a 200-fold increase of CDC activity overmonomeric IgG1 (Shopes et al., 1992, J. Immunol. 148:2918-22). Inaddition, a bispecific diabody construct with specificity for C1q alsoconfers CDC activity (Kontermann et al., 1997, Nat. Biotech. 15:629-31).

Complement activity can be reduced by mutating at least one of the aminoacid residues 318, 320, and 322 of the heavy chain to a residue having adifferent side chain, such as Ala. Other alkyl-substituted non-ionicresidues, such as Gly, Ile, Leu, or Val, or such aromatic non-polarresidues as Phe, Tyr, Trp and Pro in place of any one of the threeresidues also reduce or abolish C1q binding. Ser, Thr, Cys, and Met canbe used at residues 320 and 322, but not 318, to reduce or abolish C1qbinding activity. Replacement of the 318 (Glu) residue by a polarresidue may modify but not abolish C1q binding activity. Replacingresidue 297 (Asn) with Ala results in removal of lytic activity but onlyslightly reduces (about three fold weaker) affinity for C1q. Thisalteration destroys the glycosylation site and the presence ofcarbohydrate that is required for complement activation. Any othersubstitution at this site also destroys the glycosylation site. Thefollowing mutations and any combination thereof also reduce C1q binding:D270A, K322A, P329A, and P311S (see WO 06/036291).

Reference to a human constant region includes a constant region with anynatural allotype or any permutation of residues occupying polymorphicpositions in natural allotypes. Also, up to 1, 2, 5, or 10 mutations maybe present relative to a natural human constant region, such as thoseindicated above to reduce Fcγ receptor binding or increase binding toFcRN.

Nucleic Acids, Vectors, and Host Cells

In some embodiments, the anti-TIGIT antibodies as described herein areprepared using recombinant methods. Accordingly, in some aspects, theinvention provides isolated nucleic acids comprising a nucleic acidsequence encoding any of the anti-TIGIT antibodies as described herein(e.g., any one or more of the CDRs described herein); vectors comprisingsuch nucleic acids; and host cells into which the nucleic acids areintroduced that are used to replicate the antibody-encoding nucleicacids and/or to express the antibodies. In some embodiments, the hostcell is eukaryotic, e.g., a Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cell; or a humancell.

In some embodiments, a polynucleotide (e.g., an isolated polynucleotide)comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding an antibody described herein.In some embodiments, the polynucleotide comprises a nucleotide sequenceencoding one or more amino acid sequences (e.g., CDR, heavy chain, lightchain, and/or framework regions) disclosed in the Sequence Table. Insome embodiments, the polynucleotide comprises a nucleotide sequenceencoding an amino acid sequence having at least 85% sequence identity(e.g., at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least98%, or at least 99% sequence identity) to a sequence (e.g., a CDR,heavy chain, light chain, or framework region sequence) disclosed in theSequence Table below.

In some embodiments, a polynucleotide (e.g., an isolated polynucleotide)comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding a heavy chain variable regionas described herein. In some embodiments, a polynucleotide comprises anucleotide sequence encoding a heavy chain variable region comprising anamino acid sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ IDNO:1, SEQ ID NO:19, SEQ ID NO:37, SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:73, SEQ IDNO:91, SEQ ID NO:109, SEQ ID NO:127, SEQ ID NO:145, SEQ ID NO:163, SEQID NO:181, SEQ ID NO:199, SEQ ID NO:245, SEQ ID NO:246, SEQ ID NO:247,SEQ ID NO:248, SEQ ID NO:249, SEQ ID NO:250, SEQ ID NO:251, SEQ IDNO:252, SEQ ID NO:253, SEQ ID NO:254, SEQ ID NO:255, SEQ ID NO:256, orSEQ ID NO:257. In some embodiments, the polynucleotide comprises anucleotide sequence that has at least 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%,97%, 98%, 99%, or 100% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:20,SEQ ID NO:38, SEQ ID NO:56, SEQ ID NO:74, SEQ ID NO:92, SEQ ID NO:110,SEQ ID NO:128, SEQ ID NO:146, SEQ ID NO:164, SEQ ID NO:182, SEQ IDNO:200, SEQ ID NO:259, SEQ ID NO:265, SEQ ID NO:267, SEQ ID NO:269, orSEQ ID NO:271.

In some embodiments, a polynucleotide (e.g., an isolated polynucleotide)comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding a light chain variable regionas described herein. In some embodiments, a polynucleotide comprises anucleotide sequence encoding a light chain variable region comprising anamino acid sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ IDNO:10, SEQ ID NO:28, SEQ ID NO:46, SEQ ID NO:64, SEQ ID NO:82, SEQ IDNO:100, SEQ ID NO:118, SEQ ID NO:136, SEQ ID NO:154, SEQ ID NO:172, SEQID NO:190, or SEQ ID NO:208. In some embodiments, the polynucleotidecomprises a nucleotide sequence that has at least 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%,94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or 100% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:11,SEQ ID NO:29, SEQ ID NO:47, SEQ ID NO:65, SEQ ID NO:83, SEQ ID NO:101,SEQ ID NO:119, SEQ ID NO:137, SEQ ID NO:155, SEQ ID NO:173, SEQ IDNO:191, SEQ ID NO:209, or SEQ ID NO: 273.

In some embodiments, the polynucleotide comprises a nucleotide sequenceencoding comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding a heavy chain variableregion and a light chain variable region as described herein. In someembodiments, a polynucleotide comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding aheavy chain variable region comprising an amino acid sequence that hasat least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:19, SEQ IDNO:37, SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:73, SEQ ID NO:91, SEQ ID NO:109, SEQ IDNO:127, SEQ ID NO:145, SEQ ID NO:163, SEQ ID NO:181, SEQ ID NO:199, SEQID NO:245, SEQ ID NO:246, SEQ ID NO:247, SEQ ID NO:248, SEQ ID NO:249,SEQ ID NO:250, SEQ ID NO:251, SEQ ID NO:252, SEQ ID NO:253, SEQ IDNO:254, SEQ ID NO:255, SEQ ID NO:256, or SEQ ID NO:257 and encoding alight chain variable region comprising an amino acid sequence that hasat least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:10, SEQ ID NO:28, SEQ IDNO:46, SEQ ID NO:64, SEQ ID NO:82, SEQ ID NO:100, SEQ ID NO:118, SEQ IDNO:136, SEQ ID NO:154, SEQ ID NO:172, SEQ ID NO:190, or SEQ ID NO:208.In some embodiments, the polynucleotide comprises a nucleotide sequencethat has at least 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or100% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:20, SEQ ID NO:38, SEQID NO:56, SEQ ID NO:74, SEQ ID NO:92, SEQ ID NO:110, SEQ ID NO:128, SEQID NO:146, SEQ ID NO:164, SEQ ID NO:182, SEQ ID NO:200, SEQ ID NO:259,SEQ ID NO:265, SEQ ID NO:267, SEQ ID NO:269, or SEQ ID NO:271, andfurther comprises a nucleotide sequence that has at least 90%, 91%, 92%,93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or 100% sequence identity to SEQ IDNO:11, SEQ ID NO:29, SEQ ID NO:47, SEQ ID NO:65, SEQ ID NO:83, SEQ IDNO:101, SEQ ID NO:119, SEQ ID NO:137, SEQ ID NO:155, SEQ ID NO:173, SEQID NO:191, SEQ ID NO:209, or SEQ ID NO: 273.

In a further aspect, methods of making an anti-TIGIT antibody asdescribed herein are provided. In some embodiments, the method includesculturing a host cell as described herein (e.g., a host cell expressinga polynucleotide or vector as described herein) under conditionssuitable for expression of the antibody. In some embodiments, theantibody is subsequently recovered from the host cell (or host cellculture medium).

Suitable vectors containing polynucleotides encoding antibodies of thepresent disclosure, or fragments thereof, include cloning vectors andexpression vectors. While the cloning vector selected may vary accordingto the host cell intended to be used, useful cloning vectors generallyhave the ability to self-replicate, may possess a single target for aparticular restriction endonuclease, and/or may carry genes for a markerthat can be used in selecting clones containing the vector. Examplesinclude plasmids and bacterial viruses, e.g., pUC18, pUC19, Bluescript(e.g., pBS SK+) and its derivatives, mp18, mp19, pBR322, pMB9, ColE1,pCR1, RP4, phage DNAs, and shuttle vectors such as pSA3 and pAT28.Cloning vectors are available from commercial vendors such as BioRad,Stratagene, and Invitrogen.

Expression vectors generally are replicable polynucleotide constructsthat contain a nucleic acid of the present disclosure. The expressionvector may replicate in the host cells either as episomes or as anintegral part of the chromosomal DNA. Suitable expression vectorsinclude but are not limited to plasmids, viral vectors, includingadenoviruses, adeno-associated viruses, retroviruses, and any othervector.

Expression of Recombinant Antibodies

Antibodies are typically produced by recombinant expression. Recombinantpolynucleotide constructs typically include an expression controlsequence operably linked to the coding sequences of antibody chains,including naturally-associated or heterologous promoter regions.Preferably, the expression control sequences are eukaryotic promotersystems in vectors capable of transforming or transfecting eukaryotichost cells. Once the vector has been incorporated into the appropriatehost, the host is maintained under conditions suitable for high levelexpression of the nucleotide sequences, and the collection andpurification of the crossreacting antibodies.

Mammalian cells are a preferred host for expressing nucleotide segmentsencoding immunoglobulins or fragments thereof. See Winnacker, From Genesto Clones, (VCH Publishers, N Y, 1987). A number of suitable host celllines capable of secreting intact heterologous proteins have beendeveloped in the art, and include CHO cell lines (e.g., DG44), variousCOS cell lines, HeLa cells, HEK293 cells, L cells, andnon-antibody-producing myelomas including Sp2/0 and NS0. Preferably, thecells are nonhuman. Expression vectors for these cells can includeexpression control sequences, such as an origin of replication, apromoter, an enhancer (Queen et al., Immunol. Rev. 89:49 (1986)), andnecessary processing information sites, such as ribosome binding sites,RNA splice sites, polyadenylation sites, and transcriptional terminatorsequences. Preferred expression control sequences are promoters derivedfrom endogenous genes, cytomegalovirus, SV40, adenovirus, bovinepapillomavirus, and the like. See Co et al., J. Immunol. 148:1149(1992).

Once expressed, antibodies can be purified according to standardprocedures of the art, including HPLC purification, columnchromatography, gel electrophoresis and the like (see generally, Scopes,Protein Purification (Springer-Verlag, NY, 1982)).

Glycosylation Variants

Antibodies may be glycosylated at conserved positions in their constantregions (Jefferis and Lund, (1997) Chem. Immunol. 65:111-128; Wright andMorrison, (1997) TibTECH 15:26-32). The oligosaccharide side chains ofthe immunoglobulins affect the protein's function (Boyd et al., (1996)Mol. Immunol. 32:1311-1318; Wittwe and Howard, (1990) Biochem.29:4175-4180), and the intramolecular interaction between portions ofthe glycoprotein which can affect the conformation and presentedthree-dimensional surface of the glycoprotein (Hefferis and Lund, supra;Wyss and Wagner, (1996) Current Opin. Biotech. 7:409-416).Oligosaccharides may also serve to target a given glycoprotein tocertain molecules based upon specific recognition structures. Forexample, it has been reported that in agalactosylated IgG, theoligosaccharide moiety ‘flips’ out of the inter-CH2 space and terminalN-acetylglucosamine residues become available to bind mannose bindingprotein (Malhotra et al., (1995) Nature Med. 1:237-243). Removal byglycopeptidase of the oligosaccharides from CAMPATH-1H (a recombinanthumanized murine monoclonal IgG1 antibody which recognizes the CDw52antigen of human lymphocytes) produced in Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO)cells resulted in a complete reduction in complement mediated lysis(CMCL) (Boyd et al., (1996) Mol. Immunol. 32:1311-1318), while selectiveremoval of sialic acid residues using neuraminidase resulted in no lossof DMCL. Glycosylation of antibodies has also been reported to affectantibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC). In particular, CHOcells with tetracycline-regulated expression ofβ(1,4)-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase III (GnTIII), aglycosyltransferase catalyzing formation of bisecting GlcNAc, wasreported to have improved ADCC activity (Umana et al. (1999) MatureBiotech. 17:176-180).

Glycosylation of antibodies is typically either N-linked or O-linked.N-linked refers to the attachment of the carbohydrate moiety to the sidechain of an asparagine residue. The tripeptide sequencesasparagine-X-serine and asparagine-X-threonine, where X is any aminoacid except proline, are the recognition sequences for enzymaticattachment of the carbohydrate moiety to the asparagine side chain.Thus, the presence of either of these tripeptide sequences in apolypeptide creates a potential glycosylation site. O-linkedglycosylation refers to the attachment of one of the sugarsN-aceylgalactosamine, galactose, or xylose to a hydroxyamino acid, mostcommonly serine or threonine, although 5-hydroxyproline or5-hydroxylysine may also be used.

Glycosylation variants of antibodies are variants in which theglycosylation pattern of an antibody is altered. By altering is meantdeleting one or more carbohydrate moieties found in the antibody, addingone or more carbohydrate moieties to the antibody, changing thecomposition of glycosylation (glycosylation pattern), the extent ofglycosylation, etc.

Addition of glycosylation sites to the antibody can be accomplished byaltering the amino acid sequence such that it contains one or more ofthe above-described tripeptide sequences (for N-linked glycosylationsites). The alteration may also be made by the addition of, orsubstitution by, one or more serine or threonine residues to thesequence of the original antibody (for O-linked glycosylation sites).Similarly, removal of glycosylation sites can be accomplished by aminoacid alteration within the native glycosylation sites of the antibody.

The amino acid sequence is usually altered by altering the underlyingnucleic acid sequence. These methods include isolation from a naturalsource (in the case of naturally-occurring amino acid sequence variants)or preparation by oligonucleotide-mediated (or site-directed)mutagenesis, PCR mutagenesis, and cassette mutagenesis of an earlierprepared variant or a non-variant version of the antibody.

The glycosylation (including glycosylation pattern) of antibodies mayalso be altered without altering the amino acid sequence or theunderlying nucleotide sequence. Glycosylation largely depends on thehost cell used to express the antibody. Since the cell type used forexpression of recombinant glycoproteins, e.g., antibodies, as potentialtherapeutics is rarely the native cell, significant variations in theglycosylation pattern of the antibodies can be expected. See, e.g., Hseet al., (1997) J. Biol. Chem. 272:9062-9070. In addition to the choiceof host cells, factors which affect glycosylation during recombinantproduction of antibodies include growth mode, media formulation, culturedensity, oxygenation, pH, purification schemes and the like. Variousmethods have been proposed to alter the glycosylation pattern achievedin a particular host organism including introducing or overexpressingcertain enzymes involved in oligosaccharide production (U.S. Pat. Nos.5,047,335; 5,510,261; 5,278,299). Glycosylation, or certain types ofglycosylation, can be enzymatically removed from the glycoprotein, forexample using endoglycosidase H (Endo H). In addition, the recombinanthost cell can be genetically engineered, e.g., make defective inprocessing certain types of polysaccharides. These and similartechniques are known in the art.

The glycosylation structure of antibodies can be readily analyzed byconventional techniques of carbohydrate analysis, including lectinchromatography, NMR, Mass spectrometry, HPLC, GPC, monosaccharidecompositional analysis, sequential enzymatic digestion, and HPAEC-PAD,which uses high pH anion exchange chromatography to separateoligosaccharides based on charge. Methods for releasing oligosaccharidesfor analytical purposes are also known, and include, without limitation,enzymatic treatment (commonly performed using peptide-N-glycosidaseF/endo-β-galactosidase), elimination using harsh alkaline environment torelease mainly O-linked structures, and chemical methods using anhydroushydrazine to release both N- and O-linked oligosaccharides

A preferred form of modification of glycosylation of antibodies isreduced core fucosylation. “Core fucosylation” refers to addition offucose (“fucosylation”) to N-acetylglucosamine (“GlcNAc”) at thereducing terminal of an N-linked glycan.

A “complex N-glycoside-linked sugar chain” is typically bound toasparagine 297 (according to the number of Kabat). As used herein, thecomplex N-glycoside-linked sugar chain has a biantennary composite sugarchain, mainly having the following structure:

where ± indicates the sugar molecule can be present or absent, and thenumbers indicate the position of linkages between the sugar molecules.In the above structure, the sugar chain terminal which binds toasparagine is called a reducing terminal (at right), and the oppositeside is called a non-reducing terminal. Fucose is usually bound toN-acetylglucosamine (“GlcNAc”) of the reducing terminal, typically by anα1,6 bond (the 6-position of GlcNAc is linked to the 1-position offucose). “Gal” refers to galactose, and “Man” refers to mannose.

A “complex N-glycoside-linked sugar chain” includes 1) a complex type,in which the non-reducing terminal side of the core structure has zero,one or more branches of galactose-N-acetylglucosamine (also referred toas “gal-GlcNAc”) and the non-reducing terminal side of gal-GlcNAcoptionally has a sialic acid, bisecting N-acetylglucosamine or the like;and 2) a hybrid type, in which the non-reducing terminal side of thecore structure has both branches of a high mannose N-glycoside-linkedsugar chain and complex N-glycoside-linked sugar chain.

According to the present methods, typically only a minor amount offucose is incorporated into the complex N-glycoside-linked sugarchain(s) of the anti-TIGIT antibodies. For example, in variousembodiments, less than about 60%, less than about 50%, less than about40%, less than about 30%, less than about 20%, less than about 15%, lessthan about 10%, less than about 5%, or less than about 3% of theantibodies in a composition have core fucosylation by fucose. In someembodiments, about 2% of the antibodies in the composition have corefucosylation by fucose. In various embodiments, when less that 60% ofthe antibodies in a composition have core fucosylation by fucose, theantibodies of the composition may be referred to as “nonfucosylated” or“afucosylated.” In some embodiments, at least 90%, at least 91%, atleast 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, atleast 97%, at least 98%, or at least 99% of the antibodies in thecomposition are afucosylated.

In certain embodiments, only a minor amount of a fucose analog (or ametabolite or product of the fucose analog) is incorporated into thecomplex N-glycoside-linked sugar chain(s). For example, in variousembodiments, less than about 60%, less than about 50%, less than about40%, less than about 30%, less than about 20%, less than about 15%, lessthan about 10%, less than about 5%, or less than about 3% of anti-TIGITantibodies have core fucosylation by a fucose analog or a metabolite orproduct of the fucose analog. In some embodiments, about 2% of theanti-TIGIT antibodies have core fucosylation by a fucose analog or ametabolite or product of the fucose analog.

In some embodiments, less that about 60%, less than about 50%, less thanabout 40%, less than about 30%, less than about 20%, less than about15%, less than about 10%, less than about 5%, or less than about 3% ofthe antibodies in a composition have a fucose residue on a G0, G1, or G2glycan structure. (See, e.g., Raju et al., 2012, MAbs 4: 385-391, FIG.3.) In some embodiments, about 2% of the antibodies in the compositionhave a fucose residue on a G0, G1, or G2 glycan structure. In variousembodiments, when less that 60% of the antibodies in a composition havea fucose residue on a G0, G1, or G2 glycan structure, the antibodies ofthe composition may be referred to as “afucosylated.” In someembodiments, at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, atleast 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, or atleast 99% of the antibodies in the composition lack fucose on a G0, G1,or G2 glycan structure. It should be noted that G0 glycans include G0-GNglycans. G0-GN glycans are monoantenary glycans with one terminal GlcNAcresidue. G1 glycans include G1-GN glycans. G1-GN glycans aremonoantenary glycans with one terminal galactose residue. G0-GN andG1-GN glycans can be fucosylated or non-fucosylated.

Methods of making afucosylated antibodies by incubatingantibody-producing cells with a fucose analogue are described, e.g., inWO2009/135181. Briefly, cells that have been engineered to expressanti-TIGIT antibodies are incubated in the presence of a fucose analogueor an intracellular metabolite or product of the fucose analog. Anintracellular metabolite can be, for example, a GDP-modified analog or afully or partially de-esterified analog. A product can be, for example,a fully or partially de-esterified analog. In some embodiments, a fucoseanalogue can inhibit an enzyme(s) in the fucose salvage pathway. Forexample, a fucose analog (or an intracellular metabolite or product ofthe fucose analog) can inhibit the activity of fucokinase, orGDP-fucose-pyrophosphorylase. In some embodiments, a fucose analog (oran intracellular metabolite or product of the fucose analog) inhibitsfucosyltransferase (preferably a 1,6-fucosyltransferase, e.g., the FUT8protein). In some embodiments, a fucose analog (or an intracellularmetabolite or product of the fucose analog) can inhibit the activity ofan enzyme in the de novo synthetic pathway for fucose. For example, afucose analog (or an intracellular metabolite or product of the fucoseanalog) can inhibit the activity of GDP-mannose 4,6-dehydratase or/orGDP-fucose synthetase. In some embodiments, the fucose analog (or anintracellular metabolite or product of the fucose analog) can inhibit afucose transporter (e.g., GDP-fucose transporter).

In one embodiment, the fucose analogue is 2-flurofucose. Methods ofusing fucose analogues in growth medium and other fucose analogues aredisclosed, e.g., in WO 2009/135181, which is herein incorporated byreference.

Other methods for engineering cell lines to reduce core fucosylationincluded gene knock-outs, gene knock-ins and RNA interference (RNAi). Ingene knock-outs, the gene encoding FUT8 (alpha 1,6-fucosyltransferaseenzyme) is inactivated. FUT8 catalyzes the transfer of a fucosyl residuefrom GDP-fucose to position 6 of Asn-linked (N-linked) GlcNac of anN-glycan. FUT8 is reported to be the only enzyme responsible for addingfucose to the N-linked biantennary carbohydrate at Asn297. Geneknock-ins add genes encoding enzymes such as GNTIII or a golgi alphamannosidase II. An increase in the levels of such enzymes in cellsdiverts monoclonal antibodies from the fucosylation pathway (leading todecreased core fucosylation), and having increased amount of bisectingN-acetylglucosamines. RNAi typically also targets FUT8 gene expression,leading to decreased mRNA transcript levels or knocking out geneexpression entirely. Any of these methods can be used to generate a cellline that would be able to produce an afucosylated antibody, e.g., aanti-TIGIT antibody antibody.

Many methods are available to determine the amount of fucosylation on anantibody. Methods include, e.g., LC-MS via PLRP-S chromatography,electrospray ionization quadrupole TOF MS, Capillary Electrophoresiswith Laser-Induced Fluorescence (CE-LIF) and, Hydrophilic InteractionChromatography with Fluorescence Detection (HILIC).

IV. Therapeutic Methods Using Anti-TIGIT Antibodies

In some embodiments, methods for treating or preventing a cancer in asubject are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprisesadministering to the subject a therapeutic amount of an anti-TIGITantibody. In some embodiments, the anti-TIGIT antibody is afucosylated.In some embodiments, the method comprises administering to the subject atherapeutic amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising anti-TIGITantibodies, wherein at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least98%, or at least 99% of the antibodies in the composition areafucosylated. In some embodiments, the subject is a human.

In some embodiments, the cancer is a cancer or cancer cell that isenriched for expression of CD112 and/or CD155. In some embodiments,CD112- and/or CD155-enriched cancers are identified byimmunohistochemistry assessment of tumor samples using antibodiesspecific for CD112 or CD155. In some embodiments, CD112 or CD155expression is enriched or increased in tumor cells or in tumorinfiltrating leukocytes. In some embodiments, the cancer is identifiedbased on the assessment of CD112 and/or CD155 mRNA levels in tumorsamples (e.g., by methods known in the art such as quantitative RT-PCR).In some embodiments, measurements of soluble CD112 or CD155 in bloodsamples obtained from cancer patients may be used to identify a cancerthat is enriched for expression of CD112 and/or CD155. In someembodiments, the method comprises obtaining a sample from a subject(e.g., a tumor sample or a blood sample), measuring the level of CD112and/or CD155 in the sample from the subject, and comparing the level ofCD112 and/or CD155 in the sample from the subject to a control value(e.g., a sample from a healthy control subject or a level of CD112and/or CD155 expression determined for a population of healthycontrols). In some embodiments, the method comprises determining thatthe level of CD112 and/or CD155 in the sample from the subject is higherthan a control value, and subsequently administering to the subject ananti-TIGIT antibody as described herein.

In some embodiments, the cancer is a cancer or cancer cell that isenriched for T cells or natural killer (NK) cells that express TIGIT. Insome embodiments, TIGIT-enriched cancers are identified byimmunohistochemistry assessment of tumor samples using antibodiesspecific for TIGIT. In some embodiments, an antibody that is specificfor T cells or NK cells (e.g., anti-CD3, anti-CD4, anti-CD8, anti-CD25,or anti-CD56) is used to determine a subset or subsets of tumorinfiltrating cells that express TIGIT. In some embodiments, the canceris identified based on the assessment of TIGIT mRNA levels in tumorsamples. In some embodiments, measurements of soluble TIGIT in bloodsamples obtained from cancer patients may be used (optionally incombination with an antibody that is specific for T cells or NK cells)to identify a cancer that is enriched for T cells or NK cells thatexpress TIGIT. In some embodiments, the method comprises obtaining asample from a subject (e.g., a tumor sample or a blood sample),measuring the level of TIGIT in the sample from the subject, optionallydetecting the presence of T cells or NK cells (e.g., using an antibodythat is specific for T cells or NK cells such as anti-CD3, anti-CD4,anti-CD8, anti-CD25, or anti-CD56) and comparing the level of TIGIT inthe sample from the subject to a control value (e.g., a sample from ahealthy control subject or a level of TIGIT expression determined for apopulation of healthy controls). In some embodiments, the methodcomprises determining that the level of TIGIT in the sample from thesubject is higher than a control value, and subsequently administeringto the subject an anti-TIGIT antibody as described herein.

In some embodiments, the cancer is bladder cancer, breast cancer,uterine cancer, cervical cancer, ovarian cancer, prostate cancer,testicular cancer, esophageal cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, gastriccancer, pancreatic cancer, colorectal cancer, colon cancer, kidneycancer, clear cell renal carcinoma, head and neck cancer, lung cancer,lung adenocarcinoma, stomach cancer, germ cell cancer, bone cancer,liver cancer, thyroid cancer, skin cancer, melanoma, neoplasm of thecentral nervous system, mesothelioma, lymphoma, leukemia, chroniclymphocytic leukemia, diffuse large B cell lymphoma, follicularlymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma, myeloma, or sarcoma. In some embodiments,the cancer is selected from gastric cancer, testicular cancer,pancreatic cancer, lung adenocarcinoma, bladder cancer, head and neckcancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer, mesothelioma, and clear cellrenal carcinoma. In some embodiments, the cancer is a lymphoma or aleukemia, including but not limited to acute myeloid, chronic myeloid,acute lymphocytic or chronic lymphocytic leukemia, diffuse large B-celllymphoma, follicular lymphoma, mantle cell lymphoma, small lymphocyticlymphoma, primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma, splenic marginalzone B-cell lymphoma, or extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma. Insome embodiments, the cancer is selected from chronic lymphocyticleukemia, diffuse large B cell lymphoma, follicular lymphoma, andHodgkin lymphoma. In some embodiments, the cancer is a metastaticcancer.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises administering to thesubject a therapeutic amount of an additional therapeutic agent. In someembodiments, the additional therapeutic agent is an immuno-oncologyagent. In some embodiments, the immuno-oncology agent is an agent (e.g.,an antibody, small molecule, or peptide) that antagonizes or inhibits acomponent of an immune checkpoint pathway, such as the PD-1 pathway, theCTLA-4 pathway, the Lag3 pathway, or the TIM-3 pathway. In someembodiments, the immuno-oncology agent is an agonist of a T cellcoactivator (i.e., an agonist of a protein that stimulates T cellactivation) by targeting the OX-40 pathway, the 4-1BB (CD137) pathway,the CD27 pathway, the ICOS pathway, or the GITR pathway.

In some embodiments, the immuno-oncology agent is a PD-1 pathwayinhibitor. In some embodiments, the PD-1 pathway inhibitor is ananti-PD-1 antibody or anti-PD-L1 antibody, such as but not limited topembrolizumab, nivolumab, durvalumab, pidilizumab, avelumab, oratezolizumab. PD-1 pathway inhibitors are described in the art. See,e.g., Dolan et al., Cancer Control, 2014, 21:231-237; Luke et al.,Oncotarget, 2014, 6:3479-3492; US 2016/0222113; US 2016/0272708; US2016/0272712; and US 2016/0319019.

In some embodiments, the immuno-oncology agent is an agonist of a T cellcoactivator. In some embodiments, the immuno-oncology agent is anagonist of CD28, CD28H, CD3, 4-1BB (CD137), ICOS, OX40, GITR, CD27, orCD40. In some embodiments, the immuno-oncology agent is an immunestimulatory cytokine. In some embodiments, the immune stimulatorycytokine is granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF),macrophage colony stimulating factor (M-CSF), granulocyte colonystimulating factor (G-CSF), interleukin 1 (IL-1), interleukin 2 (IL-2),interleukin 3 (IL-3), interleukin 12 (IL-12), interleukin 15 (IL-15), orinterferon gamma (IFN-γ). In some embodiments, the immuno-oncology agentis SGN-2FF (Seattle Genetics; see, e.g., WO 2009/135181 A2, WO2012/019165 A2, and WO 2017/096274 A1).

In some embodiments, the additional therapeutic agent is selected froman anti-CD25 antibody, anti-PD-1 antibody, anti-PD-L1 antibody,anti-Tim3 antibody, anti-Lag3 antibody, anti-CTLA4 antibody, anti-41BBantibody, anti-OX40 antibody, anti-CD3 antibody, anti-CD40 antibody,anti-CD47M antibody, anti-CSF1R antibody, anti-TLR antibody, anti-STINGantibody, anti-MGI antibody, anti-TAM receptor kinase antibody,anti-NKG2A antibody, an anti-NKG2D antibody, an anti-GD2 antibody, ananti-HER2 antibody, an anti-EGFR antibody, an anti-PDGFR-α-antibody, ananti-SLAMF7 antibody, an anti-VEGF antibody, an anti-CTLA-4 antibody, ananti-CD20 antibody, an anti-cCLB8 antibody, an anti-KIR antibody, and ananti-CD52 antibody. In some embodiments, the additional therapeuticagent is selected from SEA-CD40 (Seattle Genetics; see, e.g., WO2006/128103 A2 and WO 2016/069919 A1), avelumab, durvalumab, nivolumab,pembrolizumab, pidilizumab, atezolizumab, Hu14.18K322A (anti-GD2antibody, St. Jude), Hu3F8 (anti-GD2 antibody, MSKCC), dinituximab,trastuzumab, cetuximab, olaratumab, necitumumab, elotuzumab,ramucirumab, pertuzumab, ipilimumab, bevacizumab, rituximab,obinutuzumab, siltuximab, ofatumumab, and alemtuzumab.

In some embodiments, treatment with an anti-TIGIT antibody as describedherein is combined with one or more other anti-cancer treatments, suchas surgery or radiation. In some embodiments, treatment with ananti-TIGIT antibody as described herein is combined with one or moreother anti-cancer agents, such as chemotherapeutic agents. Nonlimitingexemplary chemotherapeutic agents include an alkylating agent (e.g.,cyclophosphamide, ifosfamide, chlorambucil, busulfan, melphalan,mechlorethamine, uramustine, thiotepa, nitrosoureas, or temozolomide),an anthracycline (e.g., doxorubicin, adriamycin, daunorubicin,epirubicin, or mitoxantrone), a cytoskeletal disruptor (e.g., paclitaxelor docetaxel), a histone deacetylase inhibitor (e.g., vorinostat orromidepsin), an inhibitor of topoisomerase (e.g., irinotecan, topotecan,amsacrine, etoposide, or teniposide), a kinase inhibitor (e.g.,bortezomib, erlotinib, gefitinib, imatinib, vemurafenib, or vismodegib),a nucleoside analog or precursor analog (e.g., azacitidine,azathioprine, capecitabine, cytarabine, fluorouracil, gemcitabine,hydroxyurea, mercaptopurine, methotrexate, or thioguanine), a peptideantibiotic (e.g., actinomycin or bleomycin), a platinum-based agent(e.g., cisplatin, oxaloplatin, or carboplatin), or a plant alkaloid(e.g., vincristine, vinblastine, vinorelbine, vindesine,podophyllotoxin, paclitaxel, or docetaxel), galardin, thalidomide,lenalidomide, and pomalidomide.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIGIT antibody (and optionally anadditional therapeutic agent) is administered at a therapeuticallyeffective amount or dose. A daily dose range of about 0.01 mg/kg toabout 500 mg/kg, or about 0.1 mg/kg to about 200 mg/kg, or about 1 mg/kgto about 100 mg/kg, or about 10 mg/kg to about 50 mg/kg, can be used.The dosages, however, may be varied according to several factors,including the chosen route of administration, the formulation of thecomposition, patient response, the severity of the condition, thesubject's weight, and the judgment of the prescribing physician. Thedosage can be increased or decreased over time, as required by anindividual patient. In certain instances, a patient initially is given alow dose, which is then increased to an efficacious dosage tolerable tothe patient. Determination of an effective amount is well within thecapability of those skilled in the art.

The route of administration of an anti-TIGIT antibody or pharmaceuticalcomposition comprising an anti-TIGIT antibody (and optionally animmuno-oncology agent or other therapeutic treatment) can be oral,intraperitoneal, transdermal, subcutaneous, intravenous, intramuscular,inhalational, topical, intralesional, rectal, intrabronchial, nasal,transmucosal, intestinal, ocular or otic delivery, or any other methodsknown in the art. In some embodiments, the anti-TIGIT antibody (andoptionally an immuno-oncology agent) is administered orally,intravenously, or intraperitoneally.

Co-administered therapeutic agents (e.g., the anti-TIGIT antibody and anadditional therapeutic agent) can be administered together orseparately, simultaneously or at different times. When administered, thetherapeutic agents independently can be administered once, twice, three,four times daily or more or less often, as needed. In some embodiments,the administered therapeutic agents are administered once daily. In someembodiments, the administered therapeutic agents are administered at thesame time or times, for instance as an admixture. In some embodiments,one or more of the therapeutic agents is administered in asustained-release formulation.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIGIT antibody and an additionaltherapeutic agent are administered concurrently. In some embodiments,the anti-TIGIT antibody and an additional therapeutic agent areadministered sequentially. For example, in some embodiments, ananti-TIGIT antibody is administered first, for example for about 1, 2,3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100days or more prior to administering an additional therapeutic agent. Insome embodiments, an additional therapeutic agent is administered first,for example for about 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40,50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100 days or more prior to administering ananti-TIGIT antibody.

In some embodiments, the anti-TIGIT antibody (and optionally theadditional therapeutic agent) is administered to the subject over anextended period of time, e.g., for at least 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90,100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 350 days or longer.

V. Compositions and Kits

In another aspect, compositions and kits comprising an anti-TIGITantibody for use in treating or preventing a cancer in a subject areprovided.

Pharmaceutical Compositions

In some embodiments, pharmaceutical compositions comprising ananti-TIGIT antibody for use in administering to a subject having acancer are provided. In some embodiments, the anti-TIGIT antibody is asdescribed herein, e.g., an anti-TIGIT antibody having a bindingaffinity, activity, cross-reactivity, epitope recognition, and/or one ormore CDR, VH, and/or VL sequences as disclosed herein. In someembodiments, the anti-TIGIT antibody is afucosylated.

In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody and an additionaltherapeutic agent are formulated into pharmaceutical compositions,together or separately, as described herein. In some embodiments, theadditional therapeutic agent is an immuno-oncology agent, such as a PD-1pathway inhibitor or a CTLA-4 pathway inhibitor. In some embodiments,the immuno-oncology agent is an agonist of a T cell coactivator. In someembodiments, the PD-1 pathway inhibitor is an anti-PD-1 antibody oranti-PD-L1 antibody, such as but not limited to pembrolizumab,nivolumab, durvalumab, pidilizumab, or atezolizumab.

Guidance for preparing formulations for use in the present invention isfound in, for example, Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy,21^(st) Ed., 2006, supra; Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference,Sweetman, 2005, London: Pharmaceutical Press; Niazi, Handbook ofPharmaceutical Manufacturing Formulations, 2004, CRC Press; and Gibson,Pharmaceutical Preformulation and Formulation: A Practical Guide fromCandidate Drug Selection to Commercial Dosage Form, 2001, InterpharmPress, which are hereby incorporated herein by reference. Thepharmaceutical compositions described herein can be manufactured in amanner that is known to those of skill in the art, i.e., by means ofconventional mixing, dissolving, granulating, dragee-making,emulsifying, encapsulating, entrapping or lyophilizing processes. Thefollowing methods and excipients are merely exemplary and are in no waylimiting.

In some embodiments, an anti-TIGIT antibody (and optionally anadditional therapeutic agent) is prepared for delivery in asustained-release, controlled release, extended-release, timed-releaseor delayed-release formulation, for example, in semi-permeable matricesof solid hydrophobic polymers containing the therapeutic agent. Varioustypes of sustained-release materials have been established and are wellknown by those skilled in the art. Current extended-release formulationsinclude film-coated tablets, multiparticulate or pellet systems, matrixtechnologies using hydrophilic or lipophilic materials and wax-basedtablets with pore-forming excipients (see, for example, Huang, et al.Drug Dev. Ind. Pharm. 29:79 (2003); Pearnchob, et al. Drug Dev. Ind.Pharm. 29:925 (2003); Maggi, et al. Eur. J. Pharm. Biopharm. 55:99(2003); Khanvilkar, et al., Drug Dev. Ind. Pharm. 228:601 (2002); andSchmidt, et al., Int. J. Pharm. 216:9 (2001)). Sustained-releasedelivery systems can, depending on their design, release the compoundsover the course of hours or days, for instance, over 4, 6, 8, 10, 12,16, 20, 24 hours or more. Usually, sustained release formulations can beprepared using naturally-occurring or synthetic polymers, for instance,polymeric vinyl pyrrolidones, such as polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP);carboxyvinyl hydrophilic polymers; hydrophobic and/or hydrophilichydrocolloids, such as methylcellulose, ethylcellulose,hydroxypropylcellulose, and hydroxypropylmethylcellulose; andcarboxypolymethylene.

For oral administration, an anti-TIGIT antibody (and optionally anadditional therapeutic agent) can be formulated readily by combiningwith pharmaceutically acceptable carriers that are well known in theart. Such carriers enable the compounds to be formulated as tablets,pills, dragees, capsules, emulsions, lipophilic and hydrophilicsuspensions, liquids, gels, syrups, slurries, suspensions and the like,for oral ingestion by a patient to be treated. Pharmaceuticalpreparations for oral use can be obtained by mixing the compounds with asolid excipient, optionally grinding a resulting mixture, and processingthe mixture of granules, after adding suitable auxiliaries, if desired,to obtain tablets or dragee cores. Suitable excipients include, forexample, fillers such as sugars, including lactose, sucrose, mannitol,or sorbitol; cellulose preparations such as, for example, maize starch,wheat starch, rice starch, potato starch, gelatin, gum tragacanth,methyl cellulose, hydroxypropylmethyl-cellulose, sodiumcarboxymethylcellulose, and/or polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP). If desired,disintegrating agents can be added, such as a cross-linked polyvinylpyrrolidone, agar, or alginic acid or a salt thereof such as sodiumalginate.

The anti-TIGIT antibody (and optionally the additional therapeuticagent) can be formulated for parenteral administration by injection,e.g., by bolus injection or continuous infusion. For injection, thecompound or compounds can be formulated into preparations by dissolving,suspending or emulsifying them in an aqueous or nonaqueous solvent, suchas vegetable or other similar oils, synthetic aliphatic acid glycerides,esters of higher aliphatic acids or propylene glycol; and if desired,with conventional additives such as solubilizers, isotonic agents,suspending agents, emulsifying agents, stabilizers and preservatives. Insome embodiments, compounds can be formulated in aqueous solutions,preferably in physiologically compatible buffers such as Hanks'ssolution, Ringer's solution, or physiological saline buffer.Formulations for injection can be presented in unit dosage form, e.g.,in ampules or in multi-dose containers, with an added preservative. Thecompositions can take such forms as suspensions, solutions or emulsionsin oily or aqueous vehicles, and can contain formulatory agents such assuspending, stabilizing and/or dispersing agents.

The anti-TIGIT antibody (and optionally the additional therapeuticagent) can be administered systemically by transmucosal or transdermalmeans. For transmucosal or transdermal administration, penetrantsappropriate to the barrier to be permeated are used in the formulation.For topical administration, the agents are formulated into ointments,creams, salves, powders and gels. In one embodiment, the transdermaldelivery agent can be DMSO. Transdermal delivery systems can include,e.g., patches. For transmucosal administration, penetrants appropriateto the barrier to be permeated are used in the formulation. Suchpenetrants are generally known in the art. Exemplary transdermaldelivery formulations include those described in U.S. Pat. Nos.6,589,549; 6,544,548; 6,517,864; 6,512,010; 6,465,006; 6,379,696;6,312,717 and 6,310,177, each of which are hereby incorporated herein byreference.

In some embodiments, a pharmaceutical composition comprises anacceptable carrier and/or excipients. A pharmaceutically acceptablecarrier includes any solvents, dispersion media, or coatings that arephysiologically compatible and that preferably does not interfere withor otherwise inhibit the activity of the therapeutic agent. In someembodiments, the carrier is suitable for intravenous, intramuscular,oral, intraperitoneal, transdermal, topical, or subcutaneousadministration. Pharmaceutically acceptable carriers can contain one ormore physiologically acceptable compound(s) that act, for example, tostabilize the composition or to increase or decrease the absorption ofthe active agent(s). Physiologically acceptable compounds can include,for example, carbohydrates, such as glucose, sucrose, or dextrans,antioxidants, such as ascorbic acid or glutathione, chelating agents,low molecular weight proteins, compositions that reduce the clearance orhydrolysis of the active agents, or excipients or other stabilizersand/or buffers. Other pharmaceutically acceptable carriers and theirformulations are well-known and generally described in, for example,Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy, 21st Edition,Philadelphia, Pa. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005. Variouspharmaceutically acceptable excipients are well-known in the art and canbe found in, for example, Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients (5^(th)ed., Ed. Rowe et al., Pharmaceutical Press, Washington, D.C.).

Dosages and desired drug concentration of pharmaceutical compositions ofthe disclosure may vary depending on the particular use envisioned. Thedetermination of the appropriate dosage or route of administration iswell within the skill of one in the art. Suitable dosages are alsodescribed herein.

Kits

In some embodiments, kits for use in treating a subject having a cancerare provided. In some embodiments, the kit comprises:

-   -   an anti-TIGIT antibody; and    -   an additional therapeutic agent.

In some embodiments, anti-TIGIT antibody is as described herein, e.g.,an anti-TIGIT antibody having a binding affinity, activity,cross-reactivity, epitope recognition, and/or one or more CDR, VH,and/or VL sequences as disclosed herein. In some embodiments, theanti-TIGIT antibody is afucosylated. In some embodiments, the additionaltherapeutic agent is an immuno-oncology agent, such as a PD-1 pathwayinhibitor or a CTLA-4 pathway inhibitor. In some embodiments, theimmuno-oncology agent is an agonist of a T cell coactivator. In someembodiments, the PD-1 pathway inhibitor is an anti-PD-1 antibody oranti-PD-L1 antibody. In some embodiments, the immuno-oncology agent ispembrolizumab, nivolumab, durvalumab, pidilizumab, or atezolizumab.

In some embodiments, the kits can further comprise instructionalmaterials containing directions (i.e., protocols) for the practice ofthe methods of this invention (e.g., instructions for using the kit fortreating a cancer). While the instructional materials typically comprisewritten or printed materials they are not limited to such. Any mediumcapable of storing such instructions and communicating them to an enduser is contemplated by this invention. Such media include, but are notlimited to electronic storage media (e.g., magnetic discs, tapes,cartridges, chips), optical media (e.g., CD ROM), and the like. Suchmedia may include addresses to internet sites that provide suchinstructional materials.

VI. Examples

The examples discussed below are intended to be purely exemplary of theinvention and should not be considered to limit the invention in anyway. The examples are not intended to represent that the experimentsbelow are all or the only experiments performed. Efforts have been madeto ensure accuracy with respect to numbers used (for example, amounts,temperature, etc.) but some experimental errors and deviations should beaccounted for. Unless indicated otherwise, parts are parts by weight,molecular weight is average molecular weight, temperature is in degreesCentigrade, and pressure is at or near atmospheric.

Example 1: Generation of Anti-TIGIT Antibodies

Fully human anti-TIGIT monoclonal antibodies were generated usingyeast-based antibody presentation system (see, e.g., Xu et al,“Addressing polyspecificity of antibodies selected from an in vitroyeast presentation system: a FACS-based, high-throughput selection andanalytical tool,” PEDS, 2013, 26:663-670; WO 2009/036379; WO2010/105256; and WO 2012/009568). Eight naïve human synthetic yeastlibraries each of ˜10⁹ diversity were screened. For the first two roundsof selection, a magnetic bead sorting technique utilizing the MiltenyiMACS system was performed, as previously described (see, e.g., Siegel etal, “High efficiency recovery and epitope-specific sorting of an scFvyeast display library,” J Immunol Methods, 2004, 286:141-153). Briefly,yeast cells (˜10¹⁰ cells/library) were incubated with 5 mL of 10 nMbiotinylated Fc-fusion antigen for 30 minutes at 30° C. in wash buffer(phosphate-buffered saline (PBS)/0.1% bovine serum albumin (BSA)). Afterwashing once with 40 mL ice-cold wash buffer, the cell pellet wasresuspended in 20 mL wash buffer, and Streptavidin MicroBeads (500 μL)were added to the yeast and incubated for 15 minutes at 4° C. Next, theyeast were pelleted, resuspended in 20 mL wash buffer, and loaded onto aMiltenyi LS column. After the 20 mL were loaded, the column was washed 3times with 3 mL wash buffer. The column was then removed from themagnetic field, and the yeast were eluted with 5 mL of growth media andthen grown overnight. The following rounds of selection were performedusing flow cytometry. Approximately 2×10⁷ yeast were pelleted, washedthree times with wash buffer, and incubated at 30° C. with 10 nMFc-fusion antigen and decreasing concentrations of biotinylatedmonomeric antigen (100 to 1 nM) under equilibrium conditions, 10 nMbiotinylated Fc-fusion antigens or 100 nM monomeric antigens ofdifferent species in order to obtain species cross-reactivity, or with apoly-specificity depletion reagent (PSR) to remove non-specificantibodies from the selection. For the PSR depletion, the libraries wereincubated with a 1:10 dilution of biotinylated PSR reagent as previouslydescribed (see, e.g., Xu et al, supra). Yeast were then washed twicewith wash buffer and stained with LC-FITC (diluted 1:100) and eitherSA-633 (diluted 1:500) or EA-PE (extravidin-R-PE, diluted 1:50)secondary reagents for 15 minutes at 4° C. After washing twice with washbuffer, the cell pellets were resuspended in 0.3 mL wash buffer andtransferred to strainer-capped sort tubes. Sorting was performed using aFACS ARIA sorter (BD Biosciences) and sort gates were determined toselect for antibodies with desired characteristics. Selection roundswere repeated until a population with all of the desired characteristicswas obtained. After the final round of sorting, yeast were plated andindividual colonies were picked for characterization.

Antigens included recombinant dimeric human TIGIT-Fc (Acro BiosystemsTIT-H5254), monomeric human TIGIT (Sino Biological 10917-H08H), dimericmouse TIGIT-Fc (R&D Systems, 7267-TG), and monomeric mouse TIGIT (SinoBiologics 50939-MO8H).

Naïve Campaign:

744 clones were sequenced yielding 345 unique clones (unique CDRH3). 18VH germlines were represented in the clones.

Light Chain Batch Diversification Campaign:

Heavy chain (VH) plasmids from an enriched binder pool from round six ofthe naïve discovery selections were extracted from the yeast via smashand grab, propagated in and subsequently purified from E. Coli, and thentransformed into a light chain library with a diversity of 10⁷.

Selections were performed under essentially the same conditions as thatfor the naïve discovery. Briefly, one round of magnetic bead enrichmentwas followed by three rounds of selections by flow cytometry. In themagnetic bead enrichment round, 10 nM biotinylated Fc-fusion antigen wasused. The first round on the flow cytometer consisted of a positiveselection round using 100 nM biotinylated monovalent antigen. This wasfollowed by a second round, which consisted of a negative selectionround for PSR depletion. The final (third) round consisted of a positiveselection round, in which the monovalent antigen was titrated at 100 nM,10 nM, 1 nM. For all libraries, the yeasts from the 1 nM sorts from thisthird round were plated, and individual colonies were picked andcharacterized. In total, 728 clones were sequenced, yielding 350 uniqueHC/LC combinations (93 unique CDRH3s).

A total of 695 unique clones were identified between the naïve and thelight chain batch shuffle campaigns.

Example 2: Characterization of Anti-TIGIT Antibodies

65 clones were selected for production and further evaluation,representing 12 VH germlines and 9 VL germlines.

Antibody Production and Purification

Yeast clones were grown to saturation and then induced for 48 h at 30°C. with shaking. After induction, yeast cells were pelleted and thesupernatants were harvested for purification. IgGs were purified using aProtein A column and eluted with acetic acid, pH 2.0. Fab fragments weregenerated by papain digestion and purified over KappaSelect (GEHealthcare LifeSciences).

Binding of Anti-TIGIT Antibodies to Recombinant Human and Mouse Protein

ForteBio affinity measurements were performed on an Octet RED384generally as previously described (see, e.g., Estep et al., “Highthroughput solution-based measurement of antibody-antigen affinity andepitope binning,” Mabs, 2013, 5:270-278). Briefly, ForteBio affinitymeasurements were performed by loading IgGs on-line onto AHQ sensors.Sensors were equilibrated off-line in assay buffer for 30 minutes andthen monitored on-line for 60 seconds for baseline establishment.Sensors with loaded IgGs were exposed to 100 nM antigen (dimericFc-fusion antigen or monomeric antigen) for 3 minutes, and afterwardswere transferred to assay buffer for 3 minutes for off-rate measurement.All binding and dissociation kinetics were analyzed using the 1:1binding model.

Of the 65 IgG clones, 43 had an affinity for TIGIT monomer of <100 nM.Of the 65 IgG clones, 34 cross-reacted with mouse TIGIT-Fc. Bindingaffinity for selected clones is shown in Table 1 below.

Epitope Binning/Ligand Competition Assay

Epitope binning/ligand blocking was performed using a standard sandwichformat cross-blocking assay on the ForteBio Octet RED384 system. Controlanti-target IgG was loaded onto AHQ sensors and unoccupied Fc-bindingsites on the sensor were blocked with an irrelevant human IgG1 antibody.The sensors were then exposed to 100 nM target antigen followed by asecond anti-target antibody or ligand (human CD155-Fc (Sino Biological,10109-H02H)). Additional binding by the second antibody or ligand afterantigen association indicates an unoccupied epitope (non-competitor),while no binding indicates epitope blocking (competitor or ligandblocking).

Four binning antibodies (not mutually exclusive) were used for binassessment and five overlapping binning profiles were identified. 63 ofthe 65 anti-TIGIT antibodies competed with the ligand for binding tohTIGIT-Fc. Binning profiles and ligand competition results for selectedclones are shown in Table 1 below.

TABLE 1 Epitope binning, ligand competition, and affinity data forselected anti-TIGIT clones IgG KD IgG KD IgG KD CD155 Human Human MouseBin Com- TIGIT-Fc TIGIT TIGIT-Fc Clone Code petition (M) monomer (M) (M)2 1, 2, 3, 4 Yes 9.56E−10 1.01E−08 2.03E−09 3 1, 2, 3, 4 Yes 2.77E−097.36E−08 5.64E−09 5 1, 2, 3, 4 Yes 9.85E−10 1.41E−08 3.25E−09 13 1, 2, 3Yes 5.43E−10 2.56E−09 1.16E−10 14 1, 2, 3 Yes 2.01E−09 5.87E−08 2.43E−0916 1, 2, 3 Yes 6.90E−10 2.06E−09 1.05E−08 18 1, 2, 3 Yes 2.39E−095.08E−08 8.82E−09 21 1, 2, 3 Yes 5.85E−10 2.18E−09 N.B. 22 1, 2, 3 Yes7.90E−10 1.38E−08 1.05E−08 25 1, 2, 3 Yes 6.20E−10 6.18E−10 1.10E−09 271, 2, 3 Yes 5.58E−10 2.32E−09 N.B. 54 1, 2, 3 Yes 6.89E−10 3.49E−09 N.B.Notes: N.B. = Non-Binder under the conditions of this assay Bin code andCD155 competition data was generated on ForteBio Octet RED384 systemusing a standard sandwich format cross-blocking assay as described inExample 2. KD affinity data was generated on ForteBio Octet RED384system as described in Example 2.Binding of Anti-TIGIT Antibodies to Human, Mouse, and Cynomolgus MonkeyTIGIT Overexpressed in HEK 293 Cells

HEK 293 cells were engineered to stably express high levels of human,mouse or cynomolgus monkey TIGIT by lentiviral transduction.Approximately 100,000 parental HEK 293 (TIGIT-negative) cells or HEK 293cells overexpressing human, mouse or cynomolgus monkey were stained with100 nM of each anti-TIGIT antibody for 5 minutes at room temperature.Cells were then washed twice with wash buffer and incubated withanti-human IgG conjugated to PE for 15 minutes on ice. Cells were thenwashed twice with wash buffer and analyzed by flow cytometry on a FACSCanto II instrument (BD Biosciences). Fold over background (FOB) wascalculated as the median fluorescence intensity (MFI) of the anti-TIGITclone bound to target-positive cells divided by the MFI of theanti-TIGIT clone bound to target-negative cells.

As shown in FIG. 1, all 65 antibodies showed specific binding to the293-hTIGIT line (FOB>10, as indicated by the horizontal black line inthe chart). 53 clones specifically bound the 293-cyTIGIT line while 31clones specifically bound the 293-mTIGIT line.

Polyspecificity Reagent (PSR) Assay

Assessment of binding to a polyspecificity reagent was conducted todetermine specificity for TIGIT as previously described (see, e.g., Xuet al, supra). Briefly, biotinylated PSR reagent diluted 1:10 from stockwas incubated with IgG-presenting yeast for 20 minutes on ice. Cellswere washed and labeled with EA-PE (extravidin-R-PE) and read on a FACSanalyzer. Scoring of polyspecific binding is on a 0 to 1 scale and iscorrelated to control IgGs with low, medium and high non-specificbinding with a score of 0 indicating no binding and a score of 1indicating very high non-specific binding.

62 of the 65 clones were scored as non-polyspecific binders with a PSRscore of <0.10. Three clones scored as low polyspecific binders (PSRscore 0.10-0.33).

Hydrophobic Interaction Chromatography Assay

Hydrophobic interaction chromatography (HIC) was performed as describedpreviously (Estep et al., supra). Briefly, 5 μg IgG samples were spikedin with a mobile phase A solution (1.8 M ammonium sulfate and 0.1 Msodium phosphate at pH 6.6) to achieve a final ammonium sulfateconcentration of about 1 M before analysis. A Sepax Proteomix HICbutyl-NP5 column was used with a linear gradient of mobile phase A andmobile phase B solution (0.1 M sodium phosphate, pH 6.5) over 20 minutesat a flow rate of 1 mL/minute with UV absorbance monitoring at 280 nM.

Increased retention of antibodies on hydrophobic columns has beencorrelated with increased hydrophobicity and a propensity for poorexpression, aggregation or precipitation during purification. Five ofthe 65 clones had high HIC retention time of >11.5 minutes, 10 cloneshad a medium HIC retention time of 10.5-11.5 minutes, and the remainderof the clones had low HIC retention times.

Example 3: Binding of Anti-TIGIT Antibodies to Human, Mouse, andCynomolgus Monkey TIGIT Endogenously Expressed on Primary T Cells

65 antibodies shown to be specific for human TIGIT recombinant proteinand human TIGIT expressed on HEK 293 cells were evaluated for theirability to bind endogenous TIGIT on primary human peripheral blood Tcells. Antibodies were also evaluated for cross reactivity to cynomolgusTIGIT on peripheral blood T cells and 35 of the 65 clones were evaluatedfor cross reactivity to mouse TIGIT on activated splenic T cells.

Human pan T cells were negatively isolated from leukapheresis product to99% purity. 100,000 cells were stained at 4° C. for 30 minutes with 20μg/mL of each anti-TIGIT antibody. The anti-TIGIT antibodies weredetected with polyclonal goat anti-human IgG conjugated to PE (JacksonImmunoResearch 109-116-098). Samples were analyzed on a CytoFLEX flowcytometer. Percent TIGIT+ of the FSC/SSC gated lymphocyte population wasdetermined for each antibody using anti-human IgG-PE only staining todetermine the threshold for positivity.

Cynomolgus white blood cells were isolated from whole blood by red bloodcell lysis (eBioscience 00-4300). 200,000 cells were stained at 4° C.for 30 minutes with 20 μg/mL of each anti-TIGIT antibody. The anti-TIGITantibodies were detected with polyclonal goat anti-human IgG adsorbedagainst monkey immunoglobulins conjugated to AlexaFluor647(SouthernBiotech 2049-31) and T cells were identified by counterstainingwith FITC-conjugated anti-CD3 clone SP34 (BD Pharmingen 556611). Sampleswere analyzed on a CytoFLEX flow cytometer. Percent TIGIT+ of the CD3+population was determined for each antibody using anti-human IgG-PE onlystaining to determine the threshold for positivity.

BALB/c mouse T cells were isolated from spleens by negative selection(Stem Cell Technologies 19851A) to >99% purity. The cells were activatedfor 24 hours with plate bound anti-CD3 clone 145-2C11 (BioLegend 100302)to upregulate TIGIT. 200,000 activated cells were stained at 4° C. for30 minutes with 20 μg/mL of each anti-TIGIT antibody (35 of 65 clonestested). The anti-TIGIT antibodies were detected with polyclonal goatanti-human IgG conjugated to PE (Jackson ImmunoResearch 109-116-098).Samples were analyzed on a FACSCalibur flow cytometer. Medianfluorescence intensity of the FSC/SSC gated lymphocyte population wasdetermined for each antibody.

FIG. 2 shows binding of 65 anti-TIGIT antibody clones and an irrelevantisotype control antibody to primary human, cynomolgus monkey and mouse Tcells. Clones 13 and 25 both showed strong binding to all three speciesof T cells.

Titratable Binding of Anti-TIGIT Antibodies to Cell Surface ExpressedTIGIT

HEK 293 cells were engineered to stably express high levels of human,mouse or cynomolgus monkey TIGIT by lentiviral transduction. 200,000293-TIGIT cells were stained at 4° C. for 30 minutes with a 10-point,3-fold titration (30 to 0.002 μg/mL) of each anti-TIGIT antibody. Theanti-TIGIT antibodies were detected with polyclonal goat anti-human IgGconjugated to PE (Jackson ImmunoResearch 109-116-098). Samples wereanalyzed on a CytoFLEX flow cytometer. Median fluorescence intensity ofthe FSC/SSC gated population was determined for each antibodyconcentration. NonLinear regression of Log(X) transformed data was usedto generate EC50 values in GraphPad Prism 6. None of the anti-TIGITantibodies showed binding to parental HEK 293 cells (TIGIT−) (data notshown). FIG. 3A-C shows the binding titration and FIG. 3D shows the EC50of binding of eight anti-TIGIT antibody clones (clone 2, clone 5, clone13, clone 16, clone 17, clone 20, clone 25, and clone 54) to human,cynomolgus monkey, and mouse TIGIT expressed on HEK 293 cells.

C57BL/6 mouse T cells were isolated from spleens by negative selection(Stem Cell Technologies 19851A) to >99% purity. The cells were activatedfor 24 hours with plate bound anti-CD3 clone 145-2C11 (BioLegend 100302)to upregulate TIGIT. 200,000 cells were stained at 4° C. for 30 minuteswith an 8-point, 3-fold titration (30 to 0.014 μg/mL) of each anti-TIGITantibody. The anti-TIGIT antibodies were detected with polyclonal goatanti-human IgG conjugated to PE (Jackson ImmunoResearch 109-116-098).Samples were analyzed on a FACSCalibur flow cytometer. Medianfluorescence intensity of the FSC/SSC gated lymphocyte population wasdetermined for each antibody. NonLinear regression of Log(X) transformeddata was used to generate EC50 values in GraphPad Prism 6. FIG. 4 showsthe binding titration and EC50 of binding of anti-TIGIT clones 13 and 25to activated mouse splenic T cells.

Example 4: Anti-TIGIT Antibodies Block Binding of CD155 and CD112 Ligandto Cell Surface-Expressed TIGIT

HEK 293 cells were engineered to stably express high levels of human ormouse TIGIT by lentiviral transduction. hCD155-Fc (Sino Biological10109-H02H), hCD112-Fc (Sino Biological 10005-H02H) and mCD155-Fc (SinoBiological 50259-MO3H) were conjugated to AlexaFluor647 (ThermoFisherA30009). 200,000 293-hTIGIT or 293-mTIGIT cells were co-incubated with 1μg/mL CD155-Fc-AlexaFluor647 or 5 μg/mL CD112-Fc-AlexaFluor647 and a12-point, 2-fold titration (10 to 0.005 μg/mL) of each anti-TIGITantibody or an isotype control antibody. Samples were analyzed on aCytoFLEX flow cytometer. Median fluorescence intensity of the FSC/SSCgated population was determined for each antibody concentration. Percentblockade was calculated relative to the MFI of the no antibody control.NonLinear regression of Log(X) transformed data was performed inGraphPad Prism 6.

As shown in FIG. 5A-B, six anti-TIGIT antibody clones (clone 2, clone 5,clone 13, clone 17, clone 25, and clone 55) were tested, and five of thesix clones (clone 2, clone 5, clone 13, clone 17, and clone 25)significantly blocked CD155 interaction with TIGIT expressed on HEK 293cells for both human CD155/human TIGIT and for mouse CD155/mouse TIGIT.Clone 55 specifically binds human TIGIT but did not compete withhCD155-Fc for binding to hTIGIT-Fc in the ForteBio Octet ligandcompetition assay. Similarly, clone 55 did not efficiently block hCD155interaction with the 293-hTIGIT cell line. Clone 2, clone 5, clone 13,clone 17, and clone 25 were also able to interrupt binding of humanCD112 to human TIGIT. As observed for CD155, clone 55 was much lesseffective at blocking the CD112-TIGIT interaction. See FIG. 6.

Example 5: In Vitro Activity of Anti-TIGIT Antibodies in a TIGIT/CD155Blockade Bioassay

The activity of anti-TIGIT antibodies can be functionally characterizedusing a TIGIT/CD155 blockade bioassay (e.g., TIGIT/CD155 BlockadeBioassay Kit, Promega Corp., Madison, Wis.), in which expression of areporter gene is induced or enhanced when an antibody blocks TIGIT/CD155interaction. The TIGIT/CD155 blockade bioassay comprises two cell types:an effector cell expressing TIGIT, CD226, and a TCR complex on the cellsurface and containing a luciferase reporter gene; and an artificialantigen presenting cell that expresses CD155 and a TCR activator on thecell surface. In this bioassay, luciferase expression requires TCRengagement plus a co-stimulatory signal. The CD155-TIGIT interaction hashigher affinity than the CD155-CD226 interaction, resulting in netinhibitory signaling and no luciferase expression. Blockade of theCD155-TIGIT interaction allows CD155-CD226 co-stimulation drivingluciferase expression.

Jurkat effector cells expressing both TIGIT and CD226 were co-culturedwith CHO-K1 artificial antigen presenting cells (aAPCs) expressing a TCRactivator and CD155. The Jurkat effector cells contain a luciferasereporter gene driven by the IL-2 promoter. In the absence of blockinganti-TIGIT antibodies, CD155-TIGIT engagement leads to T cellco-inhibition and no IL-2 promoter activity. Upon addition of anti-TIGITantibodies, CD155-TIGIT interaction is interrupted allowing CD155 toassociate with CD226 to send a co-stimulatory signal and driveluciferase expression.

aAPCs were plated in 96-well plates and allowed to adhere overnight. Thefollowing day, 20 μg/mL of each anti-TIGIT antibody or an isotypecontrol antibody and Jurkat effector cells were added to the plate.After a 6 hour incubation at 37° C., cells were lysed and luciferasesubstrate was added. Luciferase activity was quantified on a platereader. Luciferase activity was calculated as a fold over the signal inthe no antibody control.

As shown in FIG. 7A-7B, 12 anti-TIGIT antibody clones demonstratedfunctional blockade in this bioassay.

Example 6: In Vitro Activity of Anti-TIGIT Antibodies in a TIGIT/PD-1Combination Bioassay

The synergistic activity of anti-TIGIT antibodies in combination withanti-PD-1 agents (e.g., anti-PD-1 antibodies) can be functionallycharacterized using a TIGIT/PD-1 combination bioassay, in whichexpression of a reporter gene is enhanced when antibodies block both theTIGIT/CD155 interaction and the PD-1/PD-L1 interaction. The bioassaycomprises two cell types: an effector cell expressing TIGIT, CD226,PD-1, and a TCR complex on the cell surface and containing a luciferasereporter gene; and an artificial antigen presenting cell that expressesCD155, PD-L1, and a TCR activator on the cell surface. In this bioassay,luciferase expression requires TCR engagement plus a co-stimulatorysignal. The CD155-TIGIT interaction has higher affinity than theCD155-CD226 interaction, resulting in net inhibitory signaling and noluciferase expression. Additionally, binding of PD-L1 to PD-1 inhibitsluciferase expression. Blockade of both the CD155-TIGIT interaction andthe PD-1/PD-L1 interaction relieves the inhibition and allowsCD155-CD226 co-stimulation driving luciferase expression.

Jurkat effector cells expressing PD-1, TIGIT and CD226 were co-culturedwith CHO-K1 artificial antigen presenting cells (aAPCs) expressing a TCRactivator, PD-L1 and CD155. The Jurkat effector cells contain aluciferase reporter gene driven by the IL-2 promoter. In the absence ofblocking anti-TIGIT antibodies, PD-L1-PD-1 and CD155-TIGIT engagementleads to T cell co-inhibition and no IL-2 promoter activity. Uponaddition of anti-PD-1 and anti-TIGIT antibodies, PD-L1-PD-1 interactionis blocked, relieving one co-inhibitory signal, and CD155-TIGITinteraction is interrupted, allowing CD155 to associate with CD226 tosend a co-stimulatory signal and drive luciferase production.

aAPCs were plated in 96-well plates and allowed to adhere overnight. Thefollowing day, a 10-point 2.5-fold titration (100 to 0.03 μg/mL) of eachanti-TIGIT antibody alone, or anti-PD-1 antibody (clone EH12.2H7,BioLegend, San Diego, Calif.), or each anti-TIGIT antibody+anti-PD-1antibody (1:1 ratio) and Jurkat effector cells were added to the plate.After a 6 hour incubation at 37° C., cells were lysed and luciferasesubstrate was added. Luciferase activity was quantified on a platereader. Luciferase activity was calculated as a fold over the signal inthe no antibody control. As shown in FIG. 8, neither anti-TIGIT noranti-PD-1 alone led to dramatic Jurkat activation, however, thecombination of either anti-TIGIT clone 13 or clone 25 with anti-PD-1yielded strong activation.

Example 7: In Vivo Activity of Anti-TIGIT Antibodies in a CT26 SyngeneicTumor Model in BALB/c Mice

Based on affinity for murine TIGIT, anti-TIGIT clone 13 was chosen forevaluation in a murine syngeneic tumor model. Mouse IgG1 and mouse IgG2achimeras of the parental fully human anti-TIGIT clone 13 were generatedfor in vivo experiments in order to address the question of whether Fcisotype has an effect on in vivo efficacy of antagonistic TIGITantibodies. In vitro, the chimeric antibodies showed similar activity tothe parental hIgG1 antibody with regards to (1) binding to human, mouseand cynomolgus monkey TIGIT, (2) blockade of CD155 and CD112 ligandbinding to cell-surface expressed TIGIT and (3) activity in theCD155-TIGIT blockade bioassay. See FIG. 9A-9H.

8 week old BALB/c mice with an average body weight of 19 g were obtainedfrom Charles River Laboratories. Mice were implanted subcutaneously with300,000 CT26 colon carcinoma cells on the right lateral flank. Tumorswere allowed to progress until the group average tumor volume was 72 mm³(range of 48-88 mm³) on day 7 after tumor inoculation. Animals wereallocated into 10 treatment groups of n=10 by pair match such that thegroup mean tumor volume was similar across all treatment groups. Tumorlength and width were measured and tumor volume was calculated using theformula Volume (mm³)=0.5*Length*Width² where length is the longerdimension. Anti-TIGIT clone 13 mIgG1, anti-TIGIT clone 13 mIgG2a andanti-PD-1 clone RMP1-14 (BioXCell) were diluted to the appropriateconcentration for dosing in sterile PBS. Sterile PBS was used as thevehicle control. TIGIT antibodies were dosed at 5 or 20 mg/kg viaintraperitoneal injection twice weekly for 3 weeks (6 doses total).Anti-PD-1 antibody was dosed at 5 mg/kg via intraperitoneal injectiontwice weekly for 2 weeks (4 doses total). Dosing initiated on the day ofallocation (study day 1). Tumor volume and body weight measurements werecollected twice weekly until mice reached a tumor volume cutoff of 2000mm³. None of the animals exhibited body weight loss relative to pre-doseweights indicating exceptional tolerability of all test agents.

As shown in FIG. 10A, anti-mPD-1 alone did not have any effect on tumorprogression. The mIgG1 anti-TIGIT chimera of clone 13 (“13-1”), whichdoes not efficiently engage activating Fcgamma receptors, did notmediate any anti-tumor activity, either as a single agent or incombination with anti-PD-1. In contrast, the mIgG2a chimera of clone 13(“13-2”), which is capable of binding activating Fcgamma receptors,slowed tumor progression (86.5% (5 mg/kg) or 74.4% (20 mg/kg) tumorgrowth inhibition on day 18). Three of ten animals in the 5 mg/kg 13-2single agent group showed complete tumor regressions that were stablethrough the end of the study (study day 46). In the 20 mg/kg 13-2 singleagent group, two of ten animals showed partial tumor regressions(defined as tumor volume<50% of initial volume for three consecutivemeasurements). FIG. 10A shows that the addition of anti-PD-1 to themIgG2a clone 13 chimera (13-2) did not increase efficacy relative to13-2 alone (day 18 tumor growth inhibition of 53.8% (5 mg/kganti-TIGIT+5 mg/kg anti-PD-1) vs 86.5% (5 mg/kg anti-TIGIT alone) and89.6% (20 mg/kg anti-TIGIT+5 mg/kg anti-PD-1) vs 74.4% (20 mg/kganti-TIGIT alone). Similar numbers of complete and partial responderswere observed in the combination groups. See, e.g., FIG. 10B-10K.

Example 8: Antibody Optimization and Characterization of OptimizedAntibodies

Antibody clones 2, 13, 16, and 25 from the primary discovery output wereselected for further affinity maturation. Optimization of antibodies wasperformed via introducing diversities into the heavy chain variableregion. Two cycles of optimization were applied to the above lineages.The first cycle was comprised of a CDRH1 and CDRH2 diversificationapproach, while in the second cycle a CDRH3 mutagenesis approach wasapplied.

CDRH1 and CDRH2 approach: The CDRH3 of a single antibody was recombinedinto a premade library with CDRH1 and CDRH2 variants of a diversity of1×10⁸. Selections were then performed with one round of MACS and fourrounds of FACS as described for the naïve discovery.

In the first FACS round, the libraries were sorted for 1 nM monomericTIGIT binding. The second FACS round was a PSR depletion round to reducepoly-specificity. The final two rounds were positive selection roundsusing the parental Fab or IgG to pressure for high affinity. Fab/IgGpressure was performed as follows: antigen was incubated with 10 foldparental Fab or IgG and then incubated with the yeast libraries.Selections enriched for IgGs with better affinities than the parentalFab or IgG. Species cross-reactivity was checked in the last two roundsof FACS.

CDRH3 mutagenesis: Libraries were generated with CDRH3 diversificationby randomizing positions in CDRH3. Selections were performed with oneround of MACS and three rounds of FACS as described previously. PSRnegative selections, species cross-reactivity, affinity pressure, andsorting was performed in order to obtain a population with the desiredcharacteristics.

MSD-SET K_(D) Measurements

Equilibrium affinity measurements were performed generally as previouslydescribed (Estep et al., supra). Briefly, solution equilibriumtitrations (SET) were performed in PBS+0.1% IgG-Free BSA (PBSF) withbiotinylated human TIGIT-His monomer held constant at 50 pM andincubated with 3- to 5-fold serial dilutions of antibody starting ataround 5 nM. Antibodies (20 nM in PBS) were coated onto standard bindMSD-ECL plates overnight at 4° C. or at room temperature for 30 min.Plates were then blocked with 1% BSA for 30 min with shaking at 700 rpm,followed by three washes with wash buffer (PBSF+0.05% Tween 20). SETsamples were applied and incubated on the plates for 150 s with shakingat 700 rpm followed by one wash. Antigen captured on a plate wasdetected with 250 ng/ml sulfotag-labeled streptavidin in PBSF byincubation on the plate for 3 min. The plates were washed three timeswith wash buffer and then read on the MSD Sector Imager 2400 instrumentusing 1× Read Buffer T with surfactant. The percent free antigen wasplotted as a function of titrated antibody in Prism and fit to aquadratic equation to extract the K_(D). To improve throughput, liquidhandling robots were used throughout MSD-SET experiments, including SETsample preparation.

Binding of the optimized antibodies to His-tagged human TIGIT, cynoTIGIT-Fc, and mouse TIGIT-Fc was measured using the ForteBio system asdescribed above. The optimized antibodies were also tested for ligandblocking in a CD155 ligand competition assay, and for binding to humanTIGIT HEK, cyno TIGIT HEK, mouse TIGIT HEK, and parental HEK cell lines,as described above.

The affinity data and cell binding data for the affinity optimizedantibodies is shown in Table 2 below.

TABLE 2 Affinity and Cell Binding Data for Affinity Optimzed AntibodiesCell binding Human TIGIT ForteBio IgG K_(D) ForteBio IgG ForteBio IgGHEK Cell Cell binding Cyno Cell binding Mouse Human TIGIT- K_(D) CynoK_(D) Murine MSD IgG K_(D) (FOB Fold TIGIT HEK Cell TIGIT HEK Cell CloneHis (M) TIGIT-Fc TIGIT-Fc (M) (M) Human Over (FOB Fold Over (FOB FoldOver Index Monovalent (M) Avid Avid TIGIT-His Background) Background)Background)  2 8.18E−09 1.34E−09 1.76E−09 NA 158 162 73  2C 5.18E−109.84E−10 3.92E−10 1.60E−11 193 224 100 13 2.63E−09 1.04E−09 3.41E−10 NA212 224 119 13A 6.27E−10 1.12E−09 3.70E−10 2.50E−11 206 240 115 13B6.10E−10 1.05E−09 3.30E−10 5.30E−12 201 235 102 13C 5.63E−10 1.07E−093.29E−10 8.60E−12 194 281 116 13D 5.71E−10 1.16E−09 3.64E−10 5.00E−12190 245 116 16 2.52E−09 4.67E−09 9.07E−09 NA 192 27 19 16C 9.11E−104.25E−09 8.01E−10 6.30E−12 208 157 99 16D 5.96E−10 1.15E−09 2.63E−091.30E−11 199 241 63 16E 7.78E−10 1.36E−09 3.70E−09 1.10E−11 195 186 5625 1.27E−09 1.50E−09 9.67E−10 NA 205 247 117 25A 1.10E−09 1.64E−098.23E−10 1.80E−11 207 238 119 25B 1.16E−09 1.40E−09 7.19E−10 2.20E−11222 291 129 25C 6.97E−10 1.24E−09 4.94E−10 5.60E−12 216 286 124 25D8.46E−10 1.18E−09 5.80E−10 2.70E−11 225 272 137 25E 8.51E−10 1.18E−095.66E−10 1.30E−11 204 252 116

Example 9: Epitope Mapping

The epitopes of two of the monoclonal antibodies disclosed herein, Clone13 and Clone 25, were characterized by peptide array. To reconstructepitopes of the target molecule a library of peptide based epitopemimics was synthesized using solid-phase Fmoc synthesis. An aminofunctionalized polypropylene support was obtained by grafting with aproprietary hydrophilic polymer formulation, followed by reaction witht-butyloxycarbonyl-hexamethylenediamine (BocHMDA) usingdicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCC) with Nhydroxybenzotriazole (HOBt) andsubsequent cleavage of the Boc-groups using trifluoroacetic acid (TFA).Standard Fmoc-peptide synthesis was used to synthesize peptides on theamino-functionalized solid support by custom modified JANUS liquidhandling stations (Perkin Elmer).

Synthesis of structural mimics was performed using proprietaryChemically Linked Peptides on Scaffolds (CLIPS) technology (Pepscan).CLIPS technology allows to structure peptides into single loops,double-loops, triple loops, sheet-like folds, helix-like folds andcombinations thereof. CLIPS templates are coupled to cysteine residues.The side-chains of multiple cysteines in the peptides are coupled to oneor two CLIPS templates. For example, a 0.5 mM solution of the P2 CLIPS(2,6-bis(bromomethyl)pyridine) is dissolved in ammonium bicarbonate (20mM, pH 7.8)/acetonitrile (1:3(v/v)). This solution is added onto thepeptide arrays. The CLIPS template will bind to side-chains of twocysteines as present in the solid-phase bound peptides of thepeptide-arrays (455 wells plate with 3 μl wells). The peptide arrays aregently shaken in the solution for 30 to 60 minutes while completelycovered in solution. Finally, the peptide arrays are washed extensivelywith excess of H₂O and sonicated in disrupt-buffer containing 1%SDS/0.1% beta-mercaptoethanol in PBS (pH 7.2) at 70° C. for 30 minutes,followed by sonication in H₂O for another 45 minutes. The T3 CLIPScarrying peptides were made in a similar way but with three cysteines.

Different sets of peptides were synthesized according to the followingdesigns. Set 1 comprised a set of linear peptides having a length of 15amino acids derived from the target sequence of human TIGIT with anoffset of one residue. Set 2 comprised a set of linear peptides of Set1, but with residues on positions 10 and 11 replaced by Ala. When anative Ala would occur on either position, it was replaced by Gly. Set 3comprised a set of linear peptides of Set 1, which contained Cysresidues. In this set, native Cys were replaced by Cys-acetamidomethyl(“Cys-acm”). Set 4 comprised a set of linear peptides having a length of17 amino acids derived from the target sequence of human TIGIT with anoffset of one residue. On positions 1 and 17 were Cys residues used tocreate looped mimics by means of mP2 CLIPS. Native Cys were replacedwith Cys-acm. Set 6 comprised a set of linear peptides having a lengthof 22 amino acids derived from the target sequence of human TIGIT withan offset of one residue. Residues on positions 11 and 12 were replacedwith “PG” motif, while Cys residues were placed on positions 1 and 22 tocreate a constrained mimic with mP2. Native Cys residues were replacedby Cys-acm. Set 7 contained a set of linear peptides having a length of27 amino acids. On positions 1-11 and 17-27 were 11-mer peptidesequences derived from the target sequence and joined via “GGSGG” (SEQID NO: 309) linker. Combinations were made based on the UniProt info ondisulfide bridging for human TIGIT. Set 8 comprised a set ofcombinatorial peptides having a length of 33 amino acids. On positions2-16 and 18-32 were 15-mer peptides derived from the target sequence ofhuman TIGIT. On positions 1, 17 and 33 were Cys residues used to creatediscontinuous mimics by means of T3 CLIPS.

The binding of antibody to each of the synthesized peptides was testedin a pepscan-based ELISA. The peptide arrays were incubated with primaryantibody solution (overnight at 4° C.). After washing, the peptidearrays were incubated with a 1/1000 dilution of a goat anti-human HRPconjugate (Southern Biotech) for one hour at 25° C. After washing, theperoxidase substrate 2,2′-azino-di-3-ethylbenzthiazoline sulfonate(ABTS) and 20 μl/ml of 3 percent H₂O₂ were added. After one hour, thecolor development was measured. The color development was quantifiedwith a charge coupled device (CCD)—camera and an image processingsystem. The values obtained from the CCD camera range from 0 to 3000mAU, similar to a standard 96-well plate ELISA-reader.

To verify the quality of the synthesized peptides, a separate set ofpositive and negative control peptides was synthesized in parallel.These were screened with commercial antibodies 3C9 and 57.9 (Posthumuset al., J. Viral., 1990, 64:3304-3309).

For Clone 13, when tested under high stringency conditions Clone 13weakly bound discontinuous epitope mimics. The antibody was also testedunder moderate stringency conditions and detectable binding of theantibody was observed. The highest signal intensities were recorded withdiscontinuous epitope mimics containing the core stretches₆₈ICNADLGWHISPSFK₈₂ (SEQ ID NO: 258), ₄₂ILQCHLSSTTAQV₅₄ (SEQ ID NO:298), ₁₀₈CIYHTYPDGTYTGRI₁₂₂ (SEQ ID NO: 299). Additional, weaker bindingwas observed with peptides containing peptide stretch ₈₀SFKDRVAPGPG₉₀(SEQ ID NO: 300). Binding of the antibody to linear and simpleconformational epitope mimics was generally lower and was only observedfor motifs ₆₈ICNADLGWHISPSFK₈₂ (SEQ ID NO: 258), ₁₀₈CIYHTYPDGTYTGRI₁₂₂(SEQ ID NO: 299) and ₈₀SFKDRVAPGPG₉₀ (SEQ ID NO: 300).

For Clone 25, when tested under high stringency conditions Clone 25detectably bound peptides from all sets. Strongest binding was observedwith discontinuous epitope mimics. While binding to peptides containingresidues within stretch ₆₈ICNADLGWHISPSFK₈₂ (SEQ ID NO: 258) was alsoobserved in other sets, binding to peptide stretch ₅₀TTAQVTQ₅₆ (SEQ IDNO: 301) was only observed in combination with ₆₈ICNADLGWHISPSFK₈₂ (SEQID NO: 258). Additional, weaker binding was also observed with peptidescontaining peptide stretch ₈₀SFKDRVAPGPGLGL₉₃ (SEQ ID NO: 300).

Based on these epitope mapping results for Clone 13 and Clone 25, finemapping of the epitopes of Clone 13 and Clone 25 was performed using themethods described above using the following sets of peptides. Set 1comprised a library of single residue epitope mutants based on thesequence CILQ2HLSSTTAQVTQCI2NADLGWHISPSFKC (SEQ ID NO: 302). ResiduesADHIQRY (SEQ ID NO: 304) were subjected to replacement. Positions 1, 17,19, 30 and 33 were not replaced. Native Cys residues were replaced byCys-acm (denoted “2” throughout). Set 2 comprised a library of walkingdouble Ala mutants derived from the sequenceCILQ2HLSSTTAQVTQCI2NADLGWHISPSFKC (SEQ ID NO: 302). Positions 1, 17 and33 were not replaced. Native Cys residues were replaced by Cys-acm. Set3 comprised a library of single residue epitope mutants based on thesequence CKDRVAPGPGLGLTLQCI2NADLGWHISPSFKC (SEQ ID NO: 303). ResiduesADHIQRY (SEQ ID NO: 304) were used for the replacement. Positions 1, 2,17, 19, 30 and 33 were not replaced. Set 4 comprised a library ofwalking double Ala mutants derived from sequenceCKDRVAPGPGLGLTLQCI2NADLGWHISPSFKC (SEQ ID NO: 303). Positions 1, 17 and33 were not replaced.

Clone 13 was tested with four series of discontinuous epitope mutantsderived from peptides CILQ2HLSSTTAQVTQCI2NADLGWHISPSFKC (SEQ ID NO: 302)and CKDRVAPGPGLGLTLQCI2NADLGWHISPSFKC (SEQ ID NO: 303) under high andmoderate stringency conditions. Data analysis indicated that in allinstances, replacements of residues ₈₁FK₈₂ with either single residuesor double Ala impaired binding of Clone 13. Single mutations of otherresidues within discontinuous epitope mimics did not have drasticeffects on binding. On the contrary, double Ala epitope mutantsdisplayed a more pronounced effect on binding when compared with theseries of single residue mutants for the corresponding discontinuousmimics. It was also found that double Ala replacements of residues₅₁TAQVT₅₅ (SEQ ID NO: 305) within CILQ2HLSSTTAQVTQCI2NADLGWHISPSFKC (SEQID NO: 302) notably impacted binding of Clone 13. Signal intensitiesrecorded for Clone 13 with epitope mimics derived from sequenceCKDRVAPGPGLGLTLQCI2NADLGWHISPSFKC (SEQ ID NO: 303) were lower than thoserecorded with CILQ2HLSSTTAQVTQCI2NADLGWHISPSFKC (SEQ ID NO: 302). It wasfurther found that that in addition to ₈₁FK₈₂ double Ala replacements of₇₄GWHI₇₇ (SEQ ID NO: 306) notably reduce binding of Clone 13. Inaddition, double Ala mutations within the stretch ₈₇PGPGLGL₉₃ (SEQ IDNO: 307) somewhat weakened binding.

Clone 25 was tested on four series of discontinuous epitope mutantsderived from peptides CILQ2HLSSTTAQVTQCI2NADLGWHISPSFKC (SEQ ID NO: 302)and CKDRVAPGPGLGLTLQCI2NADLGWHISPSFKC (SEQ ID NO: 303) under high andmoderate stringency conditions. Analysis of data collected fromindividual sets of epitope mutants indicated that single or doublereplacements of residues ₈₁FK₈₂ drastically affected binding. Singleresidue replacements of other residues withinCILQ2HLSSTTAQVTQCI2NADLGWHISPSFKC (SEQ ID NO: 302) andCKDRVAPGPGLGLTLQCI2NADLGWHISPSFKC (SEQ ID NO: 303) did not cause anotable decrease in signal intensities. A series of double walking Alamutants displayed more pronounced effects on Clone 25 binding to themimic. In addition to ₈₁FK₈₂, double Ala replacements of residues ₅₂AQ₅₃and P79 also mildly affected binding of the antibody to the epitopemimic CILQ2HLSSTTAQVTQCI2NADLGWHISPSFKC (SEQ ID NO: 302). Analysis ofbinding of Clone 25 to double Ala mutant series derived fromCKDRVAPGPGLGLTLQCI2NADLGWHISPSFKC (SEQ ID NO: 303) again confirmed theimportance of ₈₁FK₈₂, but also indicated that double Ala replacements ofresidues ₇₃LGW₇₅ and ₈₂KDRVA₈₆ (SEQ ID NO: 308) moderately affected thebinding.

In summary, for the monoclonal antibodies Clone 13 and Clone 25 it wasfound that residues ₈₁FK₈₂ were crucial for the binding of bothantibodies to TIGIT epitope mimics. For Clone 13, the residues ₅₁TAQVT₅₅(SEQ ID NO: 305), ₇₄GWHI₇₇ (SEQ ID NO: 306), and ₈₇PGPGLGL₉₃ (SEQ ID NO:307) were also found to contribute to binding. For Clone 25, theresidues ₅₂AQ₅₃, ₇₃LGW₇₅, P79, and, ₈₂KDRVA₈₆ (SEQ ID NO: 308) were alsofound to contribute to binding.

Example 10: Backbone-Altered Anti-TIGIT Antibodies

In order to potentially improve upon the current generation ofanti-TIGIT antibodies, an afucosylated anti-TIGIT antibody and Fcmutated version of an anti-TIGIT antibody with reduced effector function(IgG1 LALA-PG) were developed. It is expected that the afucosylated andLALA-PG antibodies will still block the CD155 and CD112 interactionswith TIGIT. Without intending to be bound by any particular theory, itwas hypothesized that an afucosylated anti-TIGIT antibody may binddirectly to tumor infiltrated Tregs and lead to greater Fc mediated ADCCand/or ADCP and ultimately elicit greater anti-tumor immune response, oralternatively, that effector function could lead to depletion ofeffector T cells, so an effector null antibody may allow forpreservation of activated CD8 T cells.

DNA & Vector Generation (Genewiz):

Antibody variable and constant domains sequences are synthesized usingnon-template PCR. The virtual gene sequence is converted intooligonucleotide sequences using Genewiz's bioinformatics tool.Oligonucleotides are synthesized, pooled and amplified using PCR. Fulllength amplicon from the PCR reaction is cloned into the vector and theproduct is then transformed into E. coli and unique colonies areisolated. Colonies are grown up overnight in liquid media and plasmidDNA isolated, purified, and sequence verified using Sanger sequencing.Light chains and heavy chains are cloned into pcDNA3.4 vectors.

Antibody Expression (Seattle Genetics):

A 1:1 ratio of antibody heavy chain and light chain vectors are dilutedinto ThermoFisher OptiPRO SFM medium with ExpiFectamine CHO transfectionreagent. The DNA/transfection reagent is then added to an ExpiCHOculture in ThermoFisher ExpiCHO Expression medium and cultured for ninedays with ExpiCHO enhancer added on day one and ExpiCHO feeds added ondays one and two. To make antibodies with reduced core fucosylation onthe N297 glycan (afucosylated antibodies), fucose analog 2-fluorofucoseis added to the ExpiCHO culture on the day before and the day oftransfection. Culture is harvested by centrifugation and 0.2 μmfiltration.

Antibody Purification (Seattle Genetics):

GE HiTrap mAb Select SuRe columns are used for the purification of eachIgG. Prior to elution, the resin is washed with 5CV PBS+0.1% Triton, 5CVPBS+0.5M NaCl, and 7.5CV of PBS. The IgG is eluted using 25 mM AceticAcid pH3 Buffer. The sample is buffer exchanged using a 26/60 HiPrepDesalt columns into PBS. The sample is then filter sterilized before asample is taken for the characterization. Characterization includes A280concentration, aSEC HPLC, aHIC HPLC, and reduced glycosylated anddeglycosylated PLRP-MS (QToF).

Example 11: Backbone-Altered Antibody Characterization

In vivo, monocytes, macrophages, neutrophils, dendritic cells, and NKcells can mediate ADCP (antibody-dependent cell-mediated phagocytosis)and ADCC (antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytoxicity via FcγRI,FcγRIIa, FcγRI and FcγRIIIa. While all three receptors can participatein ADCP, FcγRIIIa is believed to be the predominant Fcγ receptorinvolved in ADCC. Afucosylation of IgG₁ antibodies results in higheraffinity binding to FcγRIIIa and b, and thus can increase ADCC and ADCPactivity.

Biolayer interferometry (BLI) was utilized to assess the bindingkinetics of human FcγRIIIa 158V to various anti-TIGIT antibodies tounderstand the effects of afucosylated antibodies and the LALA-PGmutations at 30° C. An N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS)-ester biotinylatedhuman FcγRIIIa 158V-mono Fc N297A fusion protein (expressed at SeattleGenetics) was loaded onto high precision streptavidin biosensors (PallForteBio) at 3 μg/mL for 300 seconds following a 300 second sensorcheck. After a 200 second baseline, titrated anti-TIGIT antibodies wereassociated for 50 seconds and dissociated for 200 seconds. Prior toanalysis, the references were subtracted in each assay. The data werecorrected with a Y-axis alignment at the start of association, aninter-step dissociation correction and Savitzky-Golay filtering. A 1:1Langmuir isotherm global fit model was used to fit the curves.

Representative data are shown in FIG. 10. The sensorgrams for the TIGIThIgG1 variants were similar to what has typically been observed forhFcγRIIIa binding by BLI: wild-type IgG1 in the 100-200 nM range andafucosylated IgG1 about 10-20 nM due to a 10-fold increase in k_(on)caused by an increased enthalpy, or increased interactions betweenhFcγRIIIa and hIgG1. hIgG1 LALA-PG had no quantifiable binding, even atthe highest concentration of 5000 nM. The results are summarized inTable 3.

TABLE 3 Global fit analysis of anti-TIGIT antibodies binding humanFcγRIIIa 158V by BLI using a 1:1 Langmuir isotherm model. Req/ Rmax FullAb K_(D) (M) k_(on) (1/Ms) k_(off) (1/s) RMax (%) X{circumflex over( )}2 Full R{circumflex over ( )}2 anti-TIGIT 2.53E−07 1.46E+05 3.71E−020.57 89-67  0.18 0.9931 Clone13C hIgG1 anti-TIGIT  3.7E−07 1.29E+054.80E−02 0.47 84-5 0.16 0.9900 Clone13 hIgG1 anti-TIGIT 1.35E−087.31E+05 9.85E−03 0.62 88-6 0.024 0.9993 Clone13 afucosylated hIgG1anti-TIGIT NB* — — — — — — Clone13 hIgG1 LALA-PG *NB (non-binding). Noobservable binding of hFcγRIIIa 158V to anti-TIGIT Clone13 hIgG1 LALA-PGat concentrations of 20 μM

To evaluate the impact of Fc modification of anti-TIGIT antibodies onanti-tumor activity, chimeric antibodies comprised of human CDRs andmurine IgG2a backbone in wild-type, or with afucosylated or LALA-PGmodifications were made. Afucosylation of murine IgG2a antibodies aresimilar to production of afucosylated human IgG1 backbone and result inincreased binding to murine FcγRIV, the cognate receptor to humanFcγRIV. To assess the extent of altered FcγRIV binding, antibodyaffinity to FcγRIV expressed on CHO cells was determined by FACS usinganti-mouse IgG FITC. As shown in FIG. 12, unfucosulated clone 13 mIgG2abound to a significantly greater extent than both the wild type orLALA-PG modified backbone. Afucosylated clone 13 mIgG2a bound with anaffinity of K_(D) 2.37 nM compared to the wild-type clone 13 mIgG2a,which bound with a K_(D) of 33.4.

Example 12: TIGIT Expression on T Cell Subsets in Healthy Donor T Cells

TIGIT expression on T cell subsets in healthy donors was evaluated byflow cytometery. Frozen PBMC from 12 healthy donors were purchased fromAstarte Biologics (Bothell, Wash.) and Folio Conversant (Huntsville,Ala.). Donor ages ranged from 21 to 74 with a median age of 48. Cellswere stained with a viability dye and the following anti-humanantibodies following Fc receptor blocking: CD3, CD96, CD226, CCR7, CD25,CD127, CD45RA, CD8, CD4, CD226, CD155 (Biolegend), and TIGIT(eBioscience). Stained cells were then analyzed on an Attune Nxt flowcytometer (Life Technologies). Treg subsets were defined by appropriateexpression of CD4, CD25 and CD127) (CD4⁺CD25⁺CD127^(lo)). CD4⁺ and CD8⁺effector memory (T_(EM); CD45RA⁻CCR7⁻), CD45RA⁺ effector memory(T_(EMRA); CD45RA⁺CCR7⁻), central memory (T_(CM); CD45RA⁻CCR7⁺), andnaïve (T_(N); CD45RA⁺CCR7⁺) cell subsets were defined according toCD45RA and CCR7 expression. As shown in FIG. 3, TIGIT expression ishighest on Tregs, while the activating receptor CD226 expression islower on both memory and naïve CD8 T cell subsets and shows similarlevels to naïve CD4 T cell subsets. CD155 expression is mostly absentamong T cells but was seen on antigen presenting cells.

Example 13: Anti-TIGIT Antibody Clone 13 Drives Depletion of Tregs

To evaluate the effect of anti-TIGIT antibodies on the absolute numbersof Tregs and other T cell subsets in normal PBMC, healthy donor PBMCsfrom a donor expressing the V/F alleles of the FcγRIII receptor (AstarteBiologics) were isolated. Cells were cultured in the presence thewild-type, LALA-PG, or afucosylated versions of clone 13 anti-TIGITantibody or a human IgG1 isotype control (Biolegend) at variousconcentrations. Cryopreserved PBMC (Astarte Biologics) were incubated inRPMI 1640 with 10% FBS in a 96-well round-bottom plate at 37° C. 2.5×10⁵PBMC were plated per well in triplicate wells with a titration ofanti-TIGIT or control antibodies. After 24 hours, cells were washed, Fcreceptor blocking was performed, and cells were stained with a viabilitystain and the following anti-human antibodies: CD3, CD4, CD8, CD25,CD127 and CD45RA (Biolegend). Stained cells were analyzed on an AttuneNxT flow cytometer and T cell subsets were characterized as describedabove. As shown in FIG. 14, Tregs were 73% positive for TIGIT at thestart of the assay. After 24 hours in culture, the wild-type version ofclone 13 IgG1 antibody (black filled circle) elicited a dosedependent-decrease in TIGIT-positive Tregs, with maximal depletionoccurring at 1 μg/ml. The afucosylated version of clone 13 (black filledsquare) conferred greater activity with maximal Treg depletion occurringat 200 pg/ml. The LALA-PG version of clone 13 (black filled triangle)and the human IgG1 isotype control (gray inverted triangle) showed noapparent activity in this assay.

In addition to evaluating the wild-type, afucosylated, and LALA-PGversions of clone 13 anti-TIGIT antibody, a version was made comprisingan IgG1 constant region with S293D/A330L/I332E (“DLE”) mutations thatwas previously reported to enhance the affinity for Fcγ recptors. SeeLazar, 2006, PNAS 103: 4005-4010. The wild-type, afucosylated, LALA-PG,and DLE version of clone 13 were assessed for depletion of Tregssubstantially as described above in healthy donor PBMCs from a donorexpressing the high-affinity V/V alleles of the FcγRIII receptor.

As shown in FIG. 35, the clone 13 IgG1 wild-type antibody (triangles)depleted Tregs with an IC50 of ˜0.024 μg/ml, while both the clone 13IgG1 DLE antibody (squares) and clone 13 IgG1 afucosylated antibody(circles) depleted Tregs with much greater potency, with IC50s of 0.0006μg/ml and 0.0005 μg/ml, respectively. (In FIG. 35, the IgG1 wild-typedata is from a prior experiment using PBMCs from the same donor.)

Another anti-TIGIT antibody, H5/L4 IgG1 (see WO 2016/028656 A1), wasalso tested for its ability to deplete Tregs healthy donor PBMCs from adonor expressing the high-affinity V/V alleles of the FcγRIII receptor.As shown in FIG. 36, clone 13 IgG1 afucosylated antibody was most potentat inducing depletion of Tregs, while the two IgG1 wild-type antibodiesshowed very similar potencies and depletion curves. (In FIG. 36, theclone 13 IgG1 wild-type data is from a prior experiment using PBMCs fromthe same donor.)

Example 14: Assessment of Treg Depletion in an Allogeneic NK/TregCo-Culture

To look for potential antibody dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity(ADCC) in a Treg/NK cell co-culture, cryopreserved human CD4⁺CD25⁺ Tcells (Stem Cell Technologies) were thawed and stimulated with CD3/CD28MACS iBead particles (Miltenyi Biotec) at a 1:2 bead:cell ratio in inRPMI 10% FBS media supplemented with 20 ng/ml recombinant human IL-2(R&D systems) for 3 days to increase TIGIT expression. After 3 days,Treg were assessed for cell surface TIGIT expression via flow cytometryand were found to be ˜40% positive. The Treg were then washed andlabeled with CFSE (Life Technologies) to distinguish them from NK cellsfollowing co-culture. That same day, purified human NK cells (AstarteBiologics) were thawed and pre-activated for 2 hours in the presence of200 ng/ml IL-2. A co-culture of NK cells and Treg at a 2.5:1 NK:Tregratio was set up in a 96-well plate in the presence of 100 ng/ml IL-2 inRPMI 1640 with 10% FBS. Cells were incubated at 37° C. with wild-type,LALA-PG, or afucosylated versions of clone 13 anti-TIGIT antibody or ahuman IgG1 isotype control (Biolegend) in triplicate wells, or anafucosylated anti-OKT9 antibody, which served as a positive control.After 24 hours, the cells were washed, stained with a viability dye, andanalyzed via FACS on an Attune Nxt flow cytometer. Tregs were identifiedand enumerated according to viability dye and CFSE staining.

The results are shown in FIG. 15. Treg levels dropped with clone 13 IgG1wild-type treatment (black filled circles), demonstrating that depletioncan in part be due to direct NK-mediated ADCC. The ability of clone 13IgG1 wild-type to deplete T cells appeared maximal at 1 μg/ml oftreatment. The proportion of Treg depletion was more substantial withthe clone 13 IgG1 afucosylated version (black filled squares), withmaximal activity appearing at 40 ng/ml. The effector-null LALA-PGversion of clone 13 IgG1 (black filled triangles) and the human IgG1isotype control (gray inverted triangles) showed no apparent effect onTreg numbers, while the positive control SEA OKT9 antibody (opencircles) showed the largest depletion. The results are consistent withthe TIGIT expression data (FIG. 4) that showed Tregs expressed highlevels of TIGIT.

Example 15: Anti-TIGIT Antibody Induces Cytokine Production

In addition to binding with higher affinity to FcγRIIIa on NK cells anddriving ADCC, afucosylated antibodies also bind to higher affinity toFcγRIIIa and FcγRIIIb on antigen-presenting cells, and neutrophils andcan enhance ADCP and antigen-presenting cell activation.

To investigate the impact of anti-TIGIT antibody and Fc variants onantigen presenting cells, PBMCs were isolated as follows. Blood from 3unique human donors was collected into heparin tubes and, within aboutfour hours of collection, aliquoted into 50 ml conical tubes (Falcon)and spun at 200 g in an Eppendorf 5810R (A-4-62 rotor) for 20 minutes at25° C. without brakes, in order to separate the platelet-rich fraction.Following centrifugation, three distinct layers were formed: bottomlayer, red blood cells (accounting for 50-80% of the total volume);middle layer, very thin band of white blood cells (also called “buffycoat”); top layer, straw-colored platelet rich plasma (PRP). The upperstraw colored layer, which is enriched in platelets, was removed with a1 ml pipette and discarded. Once the platelet rich plasma was removed,the remaining fractions were diluted with equal volumes of sterile PBS(Gibco). 15 ml of Histopaque-1077 (Sigma) warmed to room temperature wasunderlayered below the diluted fractions. The samples were spun at 1500rpm for 25 minutes at 25° C. without brakes. Following centrifugation,three layers are formed again: bottom layer, red blood cells (accountingfor 50-80% of the total volume); middle layer, thick band of white bloodcells; top layer, PBS and remaining platelets. The upper PBS/plateletlayer was removed with a 1 ml pipet and discarded. The thick band ofwhite blood cells was gently removed and placed into a clean 50 mlsterile conical tube. Tubes were filled to 50 ml and cells spun at 800 gfor 10 minutes. Wash solution was removed and pellets were resuspendedin 10 ml of ACK red blood lysis buffer (Gibco) for ten minutes. 35 mlsterile PBS was added and cells were spun at 800 g for 10 minutes. Thewash solution was removed and the pellet was resuspended in 50 ml PBS.500 μl of sample was removed and PBMC were counted with a Vi-cell-XR(Beckman Coulter). Cells were spun again at 800 g for ten minutes.

Cells were resuspended at 1 million cells/ml in complete DMEM containing10% heat inactivated FBS (Atlantica Biologics) and 1× penicillin/strepA,and 1× glutamine and plated at 100,000 cells/well in a 96 well plate.PBMCs were exposed to increasing concentrations (10, 1.0, 0.1, 0.01,0.001, 0.0001 or 0 μg/ml) of clone 13 IgG1 wild type, clone 13 IgG1afucosylated, or the clone 13 IgG1 LALA-PG for 24 hours. Tissue culturesupernatents were collected and processed for cytokine production usinga Luminex multiplex (Millipore) per the manufacturer's instructions.

The results are shown in FIG. 16. Treatment of PBMCs with clone 13 IgG1wild type antibody (black filled squares) and clone 13 IgG1 afucosylatedantibody (black filled diamonds) resulted in inflammatory cytokineproduction, including those associated with monocyte/macrophagesactivation such as MCP1, IL-8, and MIP1α. Exposure of cells to clone 13IgG1 afucosylated elicited a stronger cytokine response, while theLALA-PG Fc effector null form resulted in very minimal cytokineproduction.

Example 16: Anti-TIGIT Antibody Induces Activation Markers on APCs

To evaluate the effect of anti-TIGIT antibody on antigen-presentingcells present in the PBMCs, expression of co-stimulatory molecules wasassessed on the cell pellets remaining from the cytokine analysisdescribed above. Cell pellets were resuspended in 50 ml of BD FACSbuffer and transferred to 96 well round-bottomed microtiter plates. Fcreceptors were blocked with human 100 μg/ml Fc fragments (Millipore) for30 minutes on ice. A master mix composed of anti-CD14 antibody (BD),anti-CD86 antibody (BD), and anti-MHCII antibody (pan anti-DR,DP,DQantibody, BD) diluted at 1:100 was prepared in BD FACS buffer containing100 mg/ml human Fc fragments. Five μl of the master mix was added toeach well containing 90 μl of resuspended cells, and samples wereincubated for one hour on ice. Cells were then spun at 400 g in apre-cooled Eppendorf 5810R centrifuge for five minutes. Supernatantswere removed and cells washed with 200 μl of BD FACS buffer. Cells werewashed twice and then resuspended in 200 μl of FACS buffer. Samples werecollected on an LSRII flow cytometer (BD Biosciences) with DIVA software(BD biosciences). The mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) of CD86 andMHCII on CD14⁺ monocyte/macrophages was analyzed using FlowJo software.

The results of that experiment are shown in FIG. 17. Treatment of CD14⁺monocyte/macrophages with anti-TIGIT antibody clone 13 IgG1 wild type orclone 13 IgG1 afucosylated resulted in upregulation of activationmarkers CD86 (left panel) and MHCII (right panel), indicating maturationof antigen presenting cells. Treatment with clone 13 IgG1 LALA-PG didnot increase expression of CD86 or MHCII by CD14⁺ cells.

Example 17: In Vivo Assessment of Anti-TIGIT Antibodies withDifferentiated Fc Affinity in Syngeneic Tumor Models

The anti-tumor efficacy of afucosylated anti-TIGIT antibody versuseffector function null anti-TIGIT antibody comprising the LALA-PGmutation was investigated. This experiment was designed to determinewhether the effector function of the anti-TIGIT antibody (enhanced inthe afucosylated version and abolished in the LALA-PG version) isinvolved in the anti-tumor mechanism of action. Murine versions ofanti-TIGIT antibody clone 13 with three different Fc domains weregenerated: 1) wild-type mIgG2a; 2) afucosylated mIgG2a; 3) mIgG2aLALA-PG (reduced effector function). The antibodies were evaluated inCT26 (colon), A20 (B cell lymphoma), and MC38 (colon) syngeneic tumormodels, with six mice per antibody group per tumor model. Each antibodywas administered intraperitoneal (i.p.) at a dose of 5 mg/kg given everythird day for six doses once tumors reached 100 mm³. Subcutaneous tumorlength and width was measured using a digital caliper, and tumor volumewas calculated using the formula V=(L×W²)/2.

The results of that experiment are shown in FIG. 18. Each linerepresents median tumor volume (mm³) (N=6 per group). FIG. 18A showsthat the treatment of the A20 (syngeneic lymphoma model) model withanti-TIGIT antibodies clone 13 mIgG2a afucosylated, clone 13 mIgG2awild-type, and clone 13 mIgG2a LALA-PG resulted in 4/6, 2/6, and 0/6complete responses, respectively. FIG. 18B shows that the treatment ofthe CT26WT (murine colon carcinoma) model with anti-TIGIT antibodiesclone 13 mIgG2a afucosylated, clone 13 mIgG2a wild-type, and clone 13mIgG2a LALA-PG resulted in 4/6, 3/6, and 0/6 complete responses,respectively. FIG. 18C shows that treatment of the MC38 (murine coloncarcinoma) model with anti-TIGIT antibodies clone 13 mIgG2aafucosylated, clone 13 mIgG2a wild-type, and clone 13 mIgG2a LALA-PGresulted in 1/6, 1/6, and 0/6 complete responses, respectively.

The dichotomy in responses induced in the different syngeneic models isinteresting in light of their reported differential immune profiles. TheCT26 and A20 tumor models are reported to be more highly infiltratedwith NK and T cells, while the MC38 model is known to be moreinfiltrated with myeloid-derived suppressor cells (Mosely, et al., 2017,Canc. Immunol. Res. 5(1): 29-41). The increased activity of theanti-TIGIT antibodies in the A20 and CT26 tumor models supports the Tcell modulatory activity of these antibodies and suggests thatinfiltrated T cells may serve as a positive predictive biomarker forthis therapy. Collectively this data demonstrates that the anti-tumoractivity in vivo of murine anti-TIGIT antibodies is dependent on Fceffector function, and that the afucosylated IgG2a has enhanced efficacycompared to wild-type.

Example 18: Combinatorial Activity of Anti-TIGIT Antibodies

TIGIT is expressed not only on T cells, but also NK andantigen-presenting cells. Given the pleotropic expression, TIGITfunction can potentially drive multifactorial activity and anti-TIGITantibodies may have impact on a multitude of cellular functions,including for example NK cell ADCC activity, T cell activation, andoptimal antigen recall responses. In addition to single agent activity,anti-TIGIT antibodies may amplifying the activity of T cells, NK, orantigen presenting cells in combination with other therapeutics. TIGITand CD226 are expressed on NK cells and TIGIT expression may not onlyactively inhibit optimal NK activity and ADCC potential, but may alsoprevent CD226 mediated activation. Blockade of TIGIT may thereforeamplify NK mediated ADCC of human IgG1 targeted agents and ADCC directedtherapeutics may show enhanced activity when combined with anti-TIGITantibodies.

To investigate this possibility, the non-small cell lung carcinoma cellline, A549, was radiolabeled with Na₂[⁵¹Cr]O₄ (100 μCi added to cells),washed and mixed with titrations of cetuximab alone, or cetuximabcombined with 10 μg/mL anti-TIGIT antibody clone 13 hIgG1 wild-type. Anisotype control at 10 μg/mL was also included in the experiment.Effector cells were isolated from cryopreserved normal donor PBMC usingthe Easy Sep Human NK Cell Enrichment Kit (Stem Cell Technologies). Thedonor cells were of the FcγRIIIa 158 V/V genotype. Effector cells wereadded at an effector-to-target cell ratio of 10:1 (50,000:5000). After a4 hour incubation, the radioactivity released into the culturesupernatant was measured and the percent specific cell lysis wascalculated as (test sample cpm−spontaneous cpm)/(total cpm−spontaneouscpm)×100. Spontaneous and total cpm values were determined from thesupernatants of target cells incubated in medium alone and from targetcells lysed with 1% Triton X-100, respectively.

As shown in FIG. 19, treatment of A549 target cells with anti-TIGITantibody clone 13 IgG1 antibody alone did not drive ADCC activity, butwhen A549 target cells were contacted with a combination of cetuximaband anti-TIGIT antibody clone 13 IgG1, the maximum lytic activity wasincreased over that observed with cetuximab alone.

In addition to modulating NK activity, TIGIT blockade may increaseantigen specific memory responses in T cells. Antibodies targeting thecheckpoint proteins present on T cells may therefore show enhancedactivity when combined with an anti-TIGIT antibody.

To investigate this possibility, antigen recall assays in response tocytomegalovirus (CMV) were performed. Human PBMCs from a CMV reactivedonor were purchased from Astarte Bio. Memory T cells from this donorcan be reactivated in vitro with CMV antigen to assess theirantigen-specific response. PBMCs were resuspended in X-vivo 10 (Lonza)containing 10% FBS (Atlanta Biologics), and 100,000 cells were platedinto round bottom 96 well plates. Cells were exposed to 10 μg/ml of CMVantigens in the presence or absence of anti-TIGIT antibodies and/oranti-PD-1 directed antibodies. To assess the combinatorial activity,PBMCs were treated with a suboptimal dose of anti-PD-1 antibodies(pembrolizumab or nivolumab) at 1 μg/ml and increasing concentrations ofanti-TIGIT antibody clone 13 IgG1 wild-type (1 pg/ml to 1 μg/ml) wereadded. Memory recall response to the CMV antigen was allowed to proceedfor 5 days, after which tissue culture supernatants were harvested andcytokine responses determined by Luminex assay assessment (Millipore)per the manufacturer's instructions.

As shown in FIG. 20, anti-TIGIT antibody clone 13 IgG1 boosted IFNγsecretion by PBMCs treated with anti-PD-1 antibodies and exposed to CMVantigens, in a dose-dependent manner.

To investigate the combinatorial activity in vivo a syngeneic mousetumor model was used. C57BL/6 mice, 8 per group, were implantedsubcutaneously with 1×10⁶ MC38 tumor cells on the flank. When tumorsreached ˜100 mm³, animals were randomized into groups and treated everythree days for 3 doses (Q3dx3) with either 0.3 mg/kg anti-TIGIT antibodyclone 13 hIgG1 wild-type, afucosylated clone 13 IgG1, 1 mg/kg anti-PD-1antibody (anti-mouse PD-1 antibody clone 29F.1A12), a combination ofclone 13 hIgG1 wild-type/anti-PD-1 antibody, or a combination ofafucosylated clone 13 IgG1/anti-PD-1 antibody. Tumor volume wasmonitored over time and animals were euthanized when tumor burdenreached >1000 mm³.

In this experiment, both clone 13 hIgG1 wild-type and afucosylated clone13 IgG1 demonstrated good tumor growth delay, with 4/8 and 3/8 completeresponses for wild-type and afucosylated antibody, respectively. SeeFIG. 37, upper left. The anti-PD-1 antibody also showed good efficacy inthis experiment. The combination therapies showed even faster tumorregression than the single agents alone, as evidenced by the tumorvolumes measured on day 15. FIG. 37, upper right and bottom.

Example 19: Activity of Anti-TIGIT Antibodies on Human T Cell ResponsesIn Vitro

To investigate memory T cell reactivation antigen recall experimentswere performed. Human PBMCs (100,000 cells) from an HLA-A2 donorpreviously shown to be reactive to CMV peptides were re-suspended inRPMI containing 10% FBS, 1× penicillin and 1× glutamine, and plated intoround bottom wells of a 96 well plate. Cells were stimulated with CMVpeptides in the presence or absence of increasing concentrations ofanti-TIGIT antibodies clone 13 hIgG1 wild type, afucosylated clone 13IgG1, or clone 13 hIgG1 LALA-PG for five days. Tissue culturesupernatants were collected and cytokine production assessed by Luminexmultiplex assays as per the manufacturer's instructions.

As shown in FIG. 21, anti-TIGIT antibody stimulated cultures showed anincreased response to CMV antigen as seen by an increase in IFNγproduction. Afucosylated clone 13 IgG1 resulted in an amplified antigenspecific T-cell response down to 1 pg/ml and this activity was morerobust than the response associated with clone 13 IgG1 wild-type. Theeffector-null clone 13 IgG1 LALA-PG antibody was inefficient at drivinga memory T cell response.

To investigate induction of a naïve effector T cell response a one waymixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR) was performed. Human PBMCs (100,000cells) from an HLA-A2 donor were re-suspended in RPMI containing 10%FBS, 1× penicillin, and 1× glutamine, and cultured at a 1:1 ratio withirradiated HLA mis-matched allogeneic PBMCs in a round bottom 96 wellplate. Cells were stimulated with increasing concentrations of clone 13hIgG1 wild type, afucosylated clone 13 hIgG1, or clone 13 IgG1 LALA-PGfor five days. Tissue culture supernatants were collected and cytokineproduction assessed by Luminex multiplex assays as per themanufacturer's instructions.

As shown in FIG. 22, cultures stimulated with anti-TIGIT antibodiesshowed increased allogenic effector T cell responses as seen by anincrease in IL2 production. Afucosylated clone 13 IgG1 resulted in anamplified antigen specific T-cell response down to 100 pg/ml and thisactivity was more robust than the response associated with clone 13 IgG1wild type. The effector null clone 13 IgG1 LALA-PG antibody wasinefficient at driving a memory T cell response.

In addition to investigating activation of T cells in antigen-naïve andmemory assays, staphylococcal enterotoxin B peptide was used as asuperantigen in combination with clone 13 hIgG1 wild type, clone 13hIgG1 afucosylated, clone 13 IgG1 DLE, and another anti-TIGIT antibody,H5/L4 IgG1. Afucosylated clone 13 hIgG1 was able to induce activation ofT cells, as measured by induction of IL-2, more robustly than clone 13hIgG1 wild type or H5/L4. FIG. 38A. Clone 13 IgG1 DLE was also able toinduce IL-2 production roughly equivalently to both clone 13 hIgG1 wildtype and clone 13 hIgG1 afucosylated. Clone 13 IgG1 DLE was found toconcomitantly induce production of IL-10, in contrast to the otherantibodies. FIG. 38B. This result is consistent with reports thatengagement of FcγRIIb receptor results in induction of IL-10. IgG1 DLEis expected to engage FcγRIIb.

Example 20: Activity of Anti-TIGIT Antibodies in a Murine Tumor Model

Treatment of tumor-bearing (CT26 colon carcinoma) mice with variousforms of an anti-TIGIT antibody, either wild type IgG2a, effector nullIgG2a LALA-PG or afucosylated IgG2a resulted in both systemic and tissuespecific cytokine induction. To examine potential systemic andtissue-specific effects of treatment with anti-TIGIT antibodies, sixBalb/c mice were implanted with CT26 colon cancer cells on the flank andtreated with 1 mg/kg anti-TIGIT antibodies clone 13 IgG2a wild type,afucosylated clone 13 IgG2a, clone 13 IgG2a LALA-PG, once every threedays for six doses, or no treatment, after tumors reached 100 mm³. 24hours after the 3^(rd) dose of anti-TIGIT antibody, half of the micewere sacrificed and plasma, spleen, and tumor tissue were collected.Half of each spleen and tumor were lysed in RIPA buffer with mechanicaldisruption. Plasma and tissue lysates were then analyzed for cytokinesusing the Milipore 25 pre mix Luminex multiplex kit, which allowed foranalysis of 25 different inflammatory cytokines. Tissue cytokine levelswere normalized to one another via BCA (bicinchoninic acidassay)-determined protein content.

As shown in FIG. 23, cytokine analysis did not show drasticallyincreased cytokines in the plasma, which would be indicative of asystemic response, or in the tissues in response to any antibodytreatments. Limited cytokines were observed in untreated mice in theplasma and tumor with only modest changes observed following anti-TIGITtreatment indicating that TIGIT treatment did not initiate a globalinflammatory response even with the afucosylated antibody.

In addition to analysis of anti-TIGIT induced cytokine levels, tumor andperiphery samples harvested 24 hours after the third dose of anti-TIGITantibody were analyzed for global changes in the proportion of various Tcell subsets by flow cytometry. Tumor and spleen single cell suspensionsand PBMCs from the same Balb/c mice as described above for FIG. 23 werestained for various cell surface markers to delineate CD8+, CD4+ subsetsof naïve/memory T cells (CD62L⁺CD44⁻ naïve, CD62L⁻CD44⁻ effector,CD44⁺CD62L⁺ central memory, and CD44⁺CD62L⁻ effector memory), and Treg(CD25⁺CD127⁻). Samples were run on an Attune Acoustic Focusing Cytometerand analyzed using FlowJo. Gates were set on CD45⁺ live cells.

As shown in FIG. 24, increases in CD8+ T cells in the tumor wereobserved in response to anti-TIGIT antibodies clone 13 mIgG2a wild-typeand afucosylated clone 13 mIgG2a antibodies, but not the effector nullclone 13 mIgG2a LALA-PG, when compared to untreated animals (FIG. 24 toppanel). More modest increases in the percentage of CD8+ cells afteranti-TIGIT antibody treatment were observed in the PBMCs and spleen.Intra-tumoral changes in naïve, effector, and memory T cells were alsonoted. Specifically, levels of intra-tumoral naïve CD8+ T cells weredecreased after treatment with clone 13 mIgG2a wild-type andafucosylated clone 13 mIgG2a, but less so with clone 13 mIgG2a LALA-PG(FIG. 24, lower left panel). An increase in the proportion ofCD8⁺CD44⁺CD62L⁻ effector memory cells (FIG. 24, upper right panel) andCD8⁺CD44⁺CD62L⁺ central memory cells (FIG. 24, upper left hand panel)was observed in the tumor in response to the clone 13 mIgG2a wild-typeand afucosylated antibodies, but not in response to the clone 13 mIgG2aLALA-PG antibody. These changes were not noted in the spleen or PBMCs,though some mild changes in these tissues did occur.

CD4+ T cell subsets were also analyzed by flow cytometry for changesinduced by anti-TIGIT antibody treatment using a similar strategy asdescribed above for CD8+ cells. As shown in FIG. 25 (top left handpanel), treatment with clone 13 mIgG2a wild-type and afucosylatedantibodies induced mild decreases in intra-tumoral CD4+ cells comparedto treatment with clone 13 mIgG2a LALA-PG antibody or untreated animals.This effect was not seen in the PBMCs or spleen. An intra-tumoraldecrease in response to clone 13 mIgG2a wild-type and afucosylatedantibodies, but not clone 13 LALA-PG antibody, was also observed to asmall extent in the CD4+ Treg population, suggesting that anti-TIGITantibody treatment is diminishing the immunosuppressive Treg populationin the tumor, but not in the normal tissues. Similar to the results withCD8+ T cells, intra-tumoral CD4+ naïve T cells were decreased aftertreatment with clone 13 mIgG2a wild-type and afucosylated antibodiescompared to untreated (FIG. 25 lower left panel) and this finding wasconcurrent with an increase in the proportion of effector memory CD4+ Tcells in the tumor (FIG. 25, middle right panel). Effector memory CD4+and CD8+ T cells are involved in eliciting anti-tumor responses andelevation with TIGIT directed antibodies may contribute to theanti-tumor response. Many of these prominent intra-tumor T cellpopulation changes were not accompanied by large shifts in thesepopulations in the periphery.

After six doses of anti-TIGIT antibodies, at approximately 20 days afterthe beginning of treatment, tumors were diminished and almostundetectable. Spleens and plasma were harvested from these mice andcells prepared for flow cytometry as described above. As shown in FIG.26A-B, analysis of various T cell subsets from spleens of these micedemonstrated no drastic changes in the CD8+ or CD4+ subsets between thegroups.

Induction of cytokines in the spleen and plasma of mice treated withanti-TIGIT antibodies was assessed using multiplex analysis and theresults are shown in FIG. 27. No elevated cytokine production wasobserved in the spleens of treated animals when compared to untreatedanimals and generally low levels of cytokines were detected in theplasma, with the exception of the chemokine LIX (murine IL8 homologue)and eotaxin, which were elevated in untreated and certain anti-TIGITantibody treated animals.

The generation of antigen-specific memory against the tumor in theseanimals was evaluated using splenocytes harvested at approximately 20days after initiation of treatment with anti-TIGIT antibodies.Splenocytes from mice treated with anti-TIGIT antibodies described abovewere resuspended in culture media and plated in duplicate in wells of a96-well plate. Cells were either left unstimulated or restimulated with1 μg/ml AH1 peptide, which is the dominant target for the CD8+ T cellresponses against the CT26 colorectal tumor. Forty eight hours later,culture supernatants were collected and analyzed for cytokine productionvia multiplex analysis.

As shown in FIG. 28, very little cytokine was produced in the absence ofpeptide. An interesting exception was the observation of elevated levelsof IL5 and IL4 produced by unstimulated splenocytes from theafucosylated clone 13 mIgG2a treated animals (FIG. 28, lower panels).However, stimulation of splenocytes with a CT-26 specific peptideresulted in robust IFNγ and TNFα production in clone 13 mIgG2a wild-typeand afucosylated antibody treated animals, but not in clone 13 mIgG2aLALA-PG antibody treated animals (FIG. 28, top panels), indicating thatclone 13 mIgG2a wild-type and afucosylated antibody treatments are ableto stimulate a long-lasting, antigen-specific memory CD8+ T cellresponse. Generation of memory T cell responses are involved in drivinglong term anti-tumor responses. Increases in IL4 production afterpeptide restimulation of the clone 13 mIgG2a wild-type and afucosylatedantibody treated spenocytes was also observed (FIG. 28, bottom rightpanel). The production of IL4 and IL5 in unstimulated splenocytes in theafucosylated clone 13 mIgG2a group without restimulation may suggestinduction of a TH2 response by this antibody.

Example 21: Activity of Anti-TIGIT Antibodies in Additional Murine TumorModels

Two murine syngeneic tumor models, EMT6 and E0771 breast carcinomas,were treated with 5 mg/kg anti-TIGIT clone 13 antibody comprising wildtype mIgG2a or 0.1 mg/kg, 1 mg/kg, or 5 mg/kg anti-TIGIT clone 13antibody comprising afucosylated mIgG2a. The dosing schedule was q4dx4(one dose every four days; four total doses). Tumor length and widthwere measured and tumor volume was calculated using the formula Volume(mm³)=0.5*Length*Width² where length is the longer dimension.

As shown in FIG. 29A-29B, anti-tumor response in the breast cancermodels demonstrated tumor growth delay but minimal curative responses.In the EMT6 model, both clone 13 mIgG2a wild-type and afucosylatedantibodies at 5 mg/kg demonstrated good tumor growth delay with anincrease in average survival from 30.5 days to 37 and 39 days,respectively (FIG. 29A). Additional dose groups for the clone 13 mIgG2aafucosylated antibody demonstrated some loss of activity at the lowerdoses, with only 35.2 and 36.8 days average overall survival observedwith 1 and 0.1 mg/kg doses, but tumor growth was still delayed comparedto untreated controls (FIG. 29A).

In the E0771 model, a more modest tumor growth delay was observed forboth clone 13 mIgG2a wild-type and afucosylated antibodies at 5 mg/kg,with an increase in average survival from 38.6 days to 44 and 42 days,respectively (FIG. 29B). Furthermore, one out of six mice appeared to becured with the clone 13 mIgG2a afucosylated antibody at the 1 mg/kg and5 mg/kg doses. The lower dose groups for the clone 13 mIgG2aafucosylated antibody, 1 mg/kg and 0.1 mg/kg, resulted in 39 daysaverage overall survival (FIG. 29B).

In addition, 1 mg/kg clone 13 mIgG2a wild-type antibody was evaluated ina second CT26 colon cancer model, which was obtained from an externallab (MI Bioresearch). As shown in FIG. 29C, in this CT26 colon cancermodel, clone 13 mIgG2a wild-type antibody demonstrated an increase inaverage overall survival from 30 days to 40 days with treatment but onlyinduced one complete regression (16%). As shown in FIG. 18B, the CT26colon cancer model that had been maintained at Seattle Genetics showed50% (3/6) complete regressions with 1 mg/kg clone 13 IgG2a wild-typeantibody.

Example 22: RNA-Seq Analysis and Correlation of In Vivo Response withMolecule Signatures

To evaluate the differences in the responses of the two CT26 coloncancer models, as well as other syngeneic cancer models, RNA-seqanalysis was used to identify underlying changes in the transcriptomesbetween the models. RNA-seq raw reads (fastq format) for representativeuntreated tumors for each model was available as follows.

A20 (maintained at Seattle Genetics), 2 replicates

CT26 (maintained at Seattle Genetics), 2 replicates

CT26 (obtained from MIBio), 1 replicate

E0771 (obtained from MIBio), 1 replicate

EMT-6 (obtained from MIBio), 1 replicate

MC38 (maintained at Seattle Genetics), 1 replicate

RNA-seq reads for the samples were processed on a standard pipelineconsisting of adapter trimming (cutadapt), alignment to the mousegenome/transcriptome (STAR), and transcript quantification (RSEM). Geneexpression values normalized to FPKM (fragments per kilobase per millionreads) were used for subsequent analyses. Based on inspection of in vivoresponse curves, models were classified as follows in terms of theiroverall response to WT TIGIT treatment: complete responders=A20 (SeattleGenetics; FIG. 18A), CT26 (Seattle Genetics; FIG. 18B) and partialresponders=CT26 (MIBio; FIG. 29C), EMT-6 (MIBio; FIG. 29A), E0771(MIBio; FIG. 29B), MC38 (Seattle Genetics; FIG. 18C). Differencesbetween the two CT26 colon cancer models at the transcriptional levelwere observed, suggesting it may be important to characterize modelsused for efficacy studies.

Molecular signatures related to the tumor microenvironment (TME) thatmay correlate with response were also determined by compiling genesignatures pertaining to the immune system and immune response from twopublished sources: Mosely et al., “Rational selection of syngeneicpreclinical tumor models for immunotherapeutic drug discovery,” CancerImmunol Res 2017; 5:29-41; and TCIA, The Cancer Immunome Atlas(tcia.at/home), with signatures taken from Charoentong et al.,“Pan-cancer Immunogenomic Analyses Reveal Genotype-ImmunophenotypeRelationships and Predictors of Response to Checkpoint Blockade,” CellRep 2017 Jan. 3; 18(1):248-262. Gene signatures from these sourcesconsist of lists of genes whose expression is high in a particularbiological context—in CD8+ T cells, for instance. The TCIA genesignatures are human-derived, so the genes in each of those signatureswere mapped to the mouse orthologs, using the R library biomaRt.Approximately 50 gene signatures were considered in total, and each ofthe eight RNA-seq untreated tumor samples were scored against each ofthe 50 signatures by summing the sample FPKM values of the genes in thesignature.

To evaluate quantitatively which gene signature scores separated thestrong responders from the weak responders, the vector of signaturescores across all samples was correlated with a response vector (Pearsoncorrelation, 0 for weak responders, 1 for strong responders). Signatureswith particularly high correlation with response included NK cells andactivated CD8 T cells (FIG. 30). In both cases, the stronger respondersscored higher the immune subsets compared to the weaker responders.Table 4 shows a summary of the correlation between certain immune cellsubsets and response of tumor cells to anti-TIGIT antibody treatment.

TABLE 4 Gene Signature Correlation P value Gamma delta T cell 0.92620.0009 NK cell 0.9200 0.0012 Activated CD8 T cell 0.8535 0.0070Activated DC −0.8437 0.0085 Immature B cell 0.7875 0.0203 CD96 0.75690.0297 CD8 T cell 0.7569 0.0297 CD56^(bright) natural killer cell 0.73190.0390 T helper 17 cell 0.7139 0.0467 Activated CD4 T cell 0.7092 0.0488

Without intending to be bound by any particular theory, as TIGITblockade may stimulate both NK-cell and CD8 T-cell-mediated tumorkilling, a larger available pool of these immune cell populations in theTME may explain the stronger response in the models scoring higher forthose subsets.

Interestingly, TIGIT expression was not a strong differentiator ofresponse in this evaluation, nor was CD155 expression (FIG. 31). Forexample, the Seattle Genetics CT26 colon cancer model showed the highestexpression of CD155 of all models, while the A20 lymphoma model had thelowest, although both are strong responders.

Example 23: Anti-TIGIT Antibody Enhances Th1 Response

To assess whether the clone 13 anti-TIGIT antibody aids in driving anaïve antigen-specific T cell response, balb/c mice (5 per group) werevaccinated once with 100 μg of the model antigen ovalbumin (OVA) in thepresence of complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) subcutaneously. At the sametime, mice were administered 1 mg/kg clone 13 IgG2a wild-type, clone 13mIgG2a afucosylated, or clone 13 mIgG2a LALA-PG antibody, and then threemore doses three days apart (q3dx4). Fourteen days after vaccination,mice were analyzed for induction of antigen-specific immunity using ananti-OVA IgG1 and IgG2a ELISA. Splenocytes were re-stimulated andassessed for cytokine induction.

The anti-OVA ELISAs demonstrated that co-administration of either clone13 IgG2a wild-type or clone 13 mIgG2a LALA-PG antibody while mice wereundergoing vaccine-induced antigen-specific priming boosted the levelsof IgG1 antibodies generated by ˜1.5 fold. Clone 13 mIgG2a afucosylatedantibody did not boost antigen-specific IgG1 antibody levels in thisexperiment (FIG. 32, right panel). These data suggest that TIGITblockade is able to increase priming of a CD4/Th2 response, but enhancedeffector function abrogates this effect. TIGIT blockade also boostedlevels of IgG2a antigen-specific antibodies (FIG. 32, right panel), butin this case, the clone 13 mIgG2a afucosylated antibody showed thegreatest effect. In sum, an inverse correlation was observed betweenIgG1 levels and enhanced effector function, while IgG2a levels weredirectly correlated with enhanced effector function, with the clone 13mIgG2a afucosylated antibody increasing anti-OVA IgG2a levels by over 9fold. Clone 13 IgG2a wild-type and clone 13 mIgG2a LALA-PG antibodyboosted IgG2a levels also, but only by ˜4 fold (FIG. 32, right panel).While TIGIT blockade alone wasn't sufficient to skew this heavilyTh2-favored system, which is driven by the mouse strain and adjuvantused, toward Th1 in this experiment, TIGIT blockade was shown to enhancea Th1 response, and the response was correlated with effector function.

In addition to analyzing antigen-specific antibody production, theinduction of antigen-specific T cells was also evaluated. Equivalentnumbers of splenocytes from each mouse were re-stimulated ex vivo with 1μg whole protein (OVA) for 72 h followed by T effector cytokineanalysis. Production of the activated T cell cytokine IL-2 in responseto antigen re-stimulation (“1 μg/ml OVA”) was increased in theantigen/adjuvant treated group over untreated animals as expected, andthis was further increased in splenocytes from animals treated witheffector function enabled (clone 13 IgG2a wild-type) or enhanced (clone13 mIgG2a afucosylated) anti-TIGIT antibody during priming (FIG. 33,lower right panel). These results are consistent with the ability ofTIGIT blockade to enhance generation of a naïve antigen-specific T cellresponse. Analysis of the Th2 effector cytokines IL-5 and IL-4demonstrated some additional cytokine induction after antigenre-stimulation over antigen/adjuvant alone from animals treated withanti-TIGIT antibodies, though a less clear correlation between effectorfunction and response was observed (FIG. 33, left panels). For theTh1/CD8 T cell cytokine IFNγ, TIGIT blockade during the antigen primingevent more profoundly enhanced the generation of antigen-specific Tcells (FIG. 33, upper right panel). The most significant boost wasobserved in splenocytes from animals treated with the effector enhancedclone 13 mIgG2a afucosylated antibody.

Example 24: Anti-TIGIT Antibody Induces Long-Lasting Anti-Tumor MemoryCD8 T Cells

Mice that showed a complete response in the CT26 colon cancer syngeneictumor model following treatment with clone 13 mIgG2a afucosylated orunmodified antibody and four untreated mice were re-challenged with CT26colon cancer cells. As shown in FIG. 34, the mice that had shown acomplete response following 1 mg/kg or 5 mg/kg treatment with clone 13mIgG2a afucosylated or unmodified antibody appeared to have long-lastinganti-tumor memory CD8 T cells that were capable of rejectingre-challenged tumor cells.

Although the foregoing invention has been described in some detail byway of illustration and example for purposes of clarity ofunderstanding, one of skill in the art will appreciate that manymodifications and variations of this invention can be made withoutdeparting from its spirit and scope. The specific embodiments describedherein are offered by way of example only and are not meant to belimiting in any way. It is intended that the specification and examplesbe considered as exemplary only, with the true scope and spirit of theinvention being indicated by the following claims.

Example 25: Anti-TIGIT Antibody Binding to Fcγ Receptors

In vivo, monocytes, macrophages, neutrophils, dendritic cells, andnatural killer cells can mediate ADCP, ADCC, and CDC via FcγRI, FcγRII,and FcγRIIIa. To assess cellular FcγR binding, CHO cells weretransfected with human FcγRI, FcγIIa, FcγIIB, or high affinity FcγRIIIaV/V receptor. Cells were exposed to increasing concentrations ofwild-type, afucosylated, LALA-PG, or DLE versions of clone 13 IgG1anti-TIGIT antibody, or another anti-TIGIT antibody, H5L4. Binding wasmonitored using a fluorescent-tagged anti-human Fc secondary antibodyand flow cytometry.

As shown in FIG. 39A, all of the antibodies except the IgG1 LALA-PGinactive backbone bound substantially equivalently to FcγRI on thesurface of CHO cells. The IgG1 afucosylated and IgG1 DLE backbonesexhibited increased binding to FcγRIIIa on the surface of CHO cells.FIG. 39B. Binding to both FcγRIIa and FcγRIIb on the surface of CHOcells was highest with the wild-type IgG1 backbone and IgG1 DLE effectorenhanced backbone. FIG. 39C and FIG. 39D. The afucosylated IgG1 backbonehad lower binding affinity to both FcγRIIa and FcγRIIb when compared tothe IgG1 wild-type backbone, although its binding affinity was greaterthan the IgG1 LALA-PG backbone. FIG. 39C and FIG. 39D. Reduced bindingto the inhibitory FcγRIIb receptor may influence immune responsemediated by the afucosylated IgG1 backbone.

Example 26: Anti-TIGIT Antibody Mediated Phagocytosis

The term “antibody-dependent cellular phagocytosis” or “ADCP” refers tothe process by which antibody-bound cells are internalized, either inwhole or in part, by phagocytic immune cells (e.g., by macrophages,neutrophils and/or dendritic cells) that bind to an Fc region of anantibody.

Wild-type, afucosylated, and DLE versions of clone 13 IgG1 anti-TIGITantibody were assayed for antibody-mediated phagocytosis using humanmonocyte/macrophages and TIGIT-positive Jurkat T cells. HumanTIGIT-positive Jurkat T cells labeled with fluorescent red PKH dye wereopsonized for 30 minutes with increasing concentrations of anti-TIGITantibodies. The cells were washed and incubated at a 10:1 ratio withmonocyte macrophages for 18 hours. Samples were washed 3 times andsubjected to flow cytometry to assess phagocytosis.

As shown in FIG. 40, the wild type and afucosylated IgG1 clone 13anti-TIGIT antibodies mediated similar levels of phagocytosis, while theclone 13 IgG1 DLE antibody was less effective at mediating phagocyticactivity.

In addition to ADCC and ADCP, Fc regions of cell-bound antibodies canalso activate the complement classical pathway, and elicit CDC. C1q ofthe complement system binds to the Fc regions of antibodies when theyare complexed with antigen. Binding of C1q to cell-bound antibodies caninitiate a cascade of events involving the proteolytic activation of C4and C2 to generate the C3 convertase. Cleavage of C3 to C3b by C3convertase enables the activation of terminal complement components,including C5b, C6, C7, C8 and C9. Collectively, these proteins formmembrane-attack complex pores on the antibody-coated cells. These poresdisrupt the cell membrane integrity, killing the target cell viacomplement-dependent cytotoxicity or “CDC”.

Wild-type, afucosylated, LALA-PG, and DLE versions of clone 13 IgG1anti-TIGIT antibody, as well as H5/L4 were assayed for CDC activityusing TIGIT+Jurkat T cells as target cells. The Jurkat cells wereincubated with increasing doses of the antibodies in the presence ofhuman serum (not heat inactivated) for 2 hours at 37° C. in mediacontaining SYTOX® green, which is excluded from live cells but taken upupon activation of CDC and lysis. After incubation, samples wereanalyzed on a plate reader, background signal was subtracted, and the %of maximum lysis was calculated by determining the maximum signal fromcells killed with a 1% Triton X solution.

As shown in FIG. 41, none of the anti-TIGIT antibodies tested mediatedCDC activity. In contrast, the and-CD47 antibody hB6H12.3 mediatedrobust CDC activity in this system. Induction of CDC by antibodies isconformationally dependent, and often depends on the epitope they bind.These results suggest the TIGIT epitope bound by the antibodies do notallow for appropriate C1q binding.

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TABLE OF SEQUENCES SEQ ID Name NO Sequence Clone 2 VH Protein 1EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASGFTFSDHYMDWVRQAPGKGLEWVGRTRNKANSYTTEYAASVKGRFTISRDDSKNSLYLQMNSLKTEDTAVYYCARGQYYYGSSSRGYYYMDVWGQGTTVTVSS Clone 2 VH DNA 2GAGGTGCAGCTGGTGGAGTCTGGGGGAGGCTTGGTCCAGCCTGGAGGGTCCCTGAGACTCTCCTGTGCAGCCTCTGGATTCACCTTCAGTGACCACTACATGGACTGGGTCCGCCAGGCTCCAGGGAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGGTTGGCCGTACTAGAAACAAAGCTAACAGTTACACCACAGAATACGCCGCGTCTGTGAAAGGCAGATTCACCATCTCAAGAGATGATTCAAAGAACTCACTGTATCTGCAAATGAACAGCCTGAAAACCGAGGACACGGCGGTGTACTACTGCGCCAGAGGCCAGTACTACTACGGCAGCAGCAGCAGAGGTTACTACTACATGGACGTATGGGGCCAGGGAACAACCGTCACCGTCTCCTCA Clone 2 VH FR1 3EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASG Clone 2 VH CDR1 4 FTFSDHYMD Clone 2 VH FR2 5WVRQAPGKGLEWVG Clone 2 VH CDR2 6 RTRNKANSYTTEYAASVKG Clone 2 VH FR3 7RFTISRDDSKNSLYLQMNSLKTEDTAVYYC Clone 2 VH CDR3 8 ARGQYYYGSSSRGYYYMDVClone 2 VH FR4 9 WGQGTTVTVSS Clones 2 and 2C VL 10EIVLTQSPGTLSLSPGERATLSCRASQSVSSSYLAWYQQKPGQAPRLLIYGA ProteinSSRATGIPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISRLEPEDFAVYYCQQAVPSPLTFGGGTKV EIK Clone 2 VL DNA11 GAAATTGTGTTGACGCAGTCTCCAGGCACCCTGTCTTTGTCTCCAGGGGAAAGAGCCACCCTCTCCTGCAGGGCCAGTCAGAGTGTTAGCAGCAGCTACTTAGCCTGGTACCAGCAGAAACCTGGCCAGGCTCCCAGGCTCCTCATCTATGGTGCATCCAGCAGGGCCACTGGCATCCCAGACAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGGTCTGGGACAGACTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGACTGGAGCCTGAAGATTTTGCAGTGTATTACTGTCAGCAGGCCGTCCCCAGTCCTCTCACTTTTGGCGGAGGGACCAAGGTTGAGATCAAA Clone 2 VL FR1 12 EIVLTQSPGTLSLSPGERATLSCClones 2 and 2C VL 13 RASQSVSSSYLA CDR1 Clone 2 VL FR2 14WYQQKPGQAPRLLIY Clones 2 and 2C VL 15 GASSRAT CDR2 Clone 2 VL FR3 16GIPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISRLEPEDFAVYYC Clones 2 and 2CVL 17 QQAVPSPLT CDR3Clone 2 VL FR4 18 FGGGTKVEIK Clone 3 VH Protein 19EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASGFTFSDHYMDWVRQAPGKGLEWVGRTRNKANSYTTEYAASVKGRFTISRDDSKNSLYLQMNSLKTEDTAVYYCARGQYYYGSSSRGYYYMDVWGQGTTVTVSS Clone 3 VH DNA 20GAGGTGCAGCTGGTGGAGTCTGGGGGAGGCTTGGTCCAGCCTGGAGGGTCCCTGAGACTCTCCTGTGCAGCCTCTGGATTCACCTTCAGTGACCACTACATGGACTGGGTCCGCCAGGCTCCAGGGAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGGTTGGCCGTACTAGAAACAAAGCTAACAGTTACACCACAGAATACGCCGCGTCTGTGAAAGGCAGATTCACCATCTCAAGAGATGATTCAAAGAACTCACTGTATCTGCAAATGAACAGCCTGAAAACCGAGGACACGGCGGTGTACTACTGCGCCAGAGGCCAGTACTACTACGGCAGCAGCAGCAGAGGTTACTACTACATGGACGTATGGGGCCAGGGAACAACCGTCACCGTCTCCTCA Clone 3 VH FR1 21EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASG Clone 3 VH CDR1 22 FTFSDHYMD Clone 3 VH FR223 WVRQAPGKGLEWVG Clone 3 VH CDR2 24 RTRNKANSYTTEYAASVKG Clone 3 VH FR325 RFTISRDDSKNSLYLQMNSLKTEDTAVYYC Clone 3 VH CDR3 26 ARGQYYYGSSSRGYYYMDVClone 3 VH FR4 27 WGQGTTVTVSS Clone 3 VL Protein 28EIVLTQSPGTLSLSPGERATLSCRASQSVRSSYLAWYQQKPGQAPRLLIYGASSRATGIPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISRLEPEDFAVYYCQQVGPPLTFGGGTKVE IK Clone 3 VL DNA29 GAAATTGTGTTGACGCAGTCTCCAGGCACCCTGTCTTTGTCTCCAGGGGAAAGAGCCACCCTCTCCTGCAGGGCCAGTCAGAGTGTTAGGAGCAGCTACTTAGCCTGGTACCAGCAGAAACCTGGCCAGGCTCCCAGGCTCCTCATCTATGGTGCATCCAGCAGGGCCACTGGCATCCCAGACAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGGTCTGGGACAGACTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGACTGGAGCCTGAAGATTTTGCAGTGTATTACTGTCAGCAGGTCGGACCCCCCCTCACTTTTGGCGGAGGGACCAAGGTTGAGATCAAA Clone 3 VL FR1 30 EIVLTQSPGTLSLSPGERATLSCClone 3 VL CDR1 31 RASQSVRSSYLA Clone 3 VL FR2 32 WYQQKPGQAPRLLIYClone 3 VL CDR2 33 GASSRAT Clone 3 VL FR3 34GIPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISRLEPEDFAVYYC Clone 3 VL CDR3 35 QQVGPPLTClone 3 VL FR4 36 FGGGTKVEIK Clone 5 VH Protein 37EVQLLESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASGFTFSTYAMSWVRQAPGKGLEWVSAISGSGGSTYYADSVKGRFTISRDNSKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCAKGPR YQDRAGMDVWGQGTTVTVSSClone 5 VH DNA 38 GAGGTGCAGCTGTTGGAGTCTGGGGGAGGCTTGGTACAGCCTGGGGGGTCCCTGAGACTCTCCTGTGCAGCCTCTGGATTCACCTTTAGCACCTATGCCATGAGCTGGGTCCGCCAGGCTCCAGGGAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGGTCTCAGCTATTAGTGGTAGTGGTGGTAGCACATACTACGCAGACTCCGTGAAGGGCCGGTTCACCATCTCCAGAGACAATTCCAAGAACACGCTGTATCTGCAAATGAACAGCCTGAGAGCCGAGGACACGGCGGTGTACTACTGCGCCAAGGGCCCCAGATACCAAGACAGGGCAGGAATGGACGTATGGGGCCAGG GAACAACTGTCACCGTCTCCTCAClone 5 VH FR1 39 EVQLLESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASG Clone 5 VH CDR1 40FTFSTYAMS Clone 5 VH FR2 41 WVRQAPGKGLEWVS Clone 5 VH CDR2 42AISGSGGSTYYADSVKG Clone 5 VH FR3 43 RFTISRDNSKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCClone 5 VH CDR3 44 AKGPRYQDRAGMDV Clone 5 VH FR4 45 WGQGTTVTVSSClone 5 VL Protein 46DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCRASQSISSYLNWYQQKPGKAPKLLIYAASSLQSGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQPEDFATYYCQQSLATPYTFGGGTKV EIK Clone 5 VL DNA47 GACATCCAGATGACCCAGTCTCCATCCTCCCTGTCTGCATCTGTAGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCACTTGCCGGGCAAGTCAGAGCATTAGCAGCTATTTAAATTGGTATCAGCAGAAACCAGGGAAAGCCCCTAAGCTCCTGATCTATGCTGCATCCAGTTTGCAAAGTGGGGTCCCATCAAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGATCTGGGACAGATTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGTCTGCAACCTGAAGATTTTGCAACTTACTACTGTCAGCAAAGCCTCGCCACTCCTTACACTTTTGGCGGAGGGACCAAGGTTGAGATCAAA Clone 5 VL FR1 48 DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCClone 5 VL CDR1 49 RASQSISSYLN Clone 5 VL FR2 50 WYQQKPGKAPKLLIYClone 5 VL CDR2 51 AASSLQS Clone 5 VL FR3 52GVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQPEDFATYYC Clone 5 VL CDR3 53 QQSLATPYTClone 5 VL FR4 54 FGGGTKVEIK Clone 13 VH 55QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFSSYAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMG ProteinSIIPIFGTANYAQKFQGRVTITADESTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYCARGPSEVGAILGYVWFDPWGQGTLVTVSS Clone 13 VH DNA 56CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGGGCTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCTGGGTCCTCGGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCAAGGCTTCTGGAGGCACCTTCAGCAGCTATGCTATCAGCTGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTGAGTGGATGGGAAGCATCATCCCTATCTTTGGTACAGCAAACTACGCACAGAAGTTCCAGGGCAGAGTCACGATTACCGCGGACGAATCCACGAGCACAGCCTACATGGAGCTGAGCAGCCTGAGATCTGAGGACACGGCGGTGTACTACTGCGCCAGAGGCCCTTCTGAAGTAGGAGCAATACTCGGATATGTATGGTTCGACCCATGGGGACAGGGTACATTGGTCACCGTCTCCTCA Clone 13 VH FR1 57QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASG Clone 13 VH CDR1 58 GTFSSYAIS Clone 13 VH FR259 WVRQAPGQGLEWMG Clone 13 VH CDR2 60 SIIPIFGTANYAQKFQG Clone 13 VH FR361 RVTITADESTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYC Clones 13 and 13A 62ARGPSEVGAILGYVWFDP VH CDR3 Clone 13 VH FR4 63 WGQGTLVTVSSClones 13, 13A, 64 DIVMTQSPLSLPVTPGEPASISCRSSQSLLHSNGYNYLDWYLQKPGQSPQLL13B, 13C, and 13D IYLGSNRASGVPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLKISRVEAEDVGVYYCMQARRIPITFGVL Protein GGTKVEIK Clone 13 VL DNA 65GATATTGTGATGACTCAGTCTCCACTCTCCCTGCCCGTCACCCCTGGAGAGCCGGCCTCCATCTCCTGCAGGTCTAGTCAGAGCCTCCTGCATAGTAATGGATACAACTATTTGGATTGGTACCTGCAGAAGCCAGGGCAGTCTCCACAGCTCCTGATCTATTTGGGTTCTAATCGGGCCTCCGGGGTCCCTGACAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGATCAGGCACAGATTTTACACTGAAAATCAGCAGAGTGGAGGCTGAGGATGTTGGGGTTTATTACTGCATGCAGGCAAGACGAATCCCTATCACTTTTGGCGGAGGGACCAAGGTTGAGATCAAA Clone 13 VL FR1 66DIVMTQSPLSLPVTPGEPASISC Clones 13, 13A, 67 RSSQSLLHSNGYNYLD13B, 13C, and 13D VL CDR1 Clone 13 VL FR2 68 WYLQKPGQSPQLLIYClones 13, 13A, 69 LGSNRAS 13B, 13C, and 13D VL CDR2 Clone 13 VL FR3 70GVPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLKISRVEAEDVGVYYC Clones 13, 13A, 71 MQARRIPIT13B, 13C, and 13D VL CDR3 Clone 13 VL FR4 72 FGGGTKVEIK Clone 14 VH 73QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFSSYAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMG ProteinSIIPIFGTANYAQKFQGRVTITADESTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYCARGPSEVGAILGYVWFDPWGQGTLVTVSS Clone 14 VH DNA 74CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGGGCTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCTGGGTCCTCGGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCAAGGCTTCTGGAGGCACCTTCAGCAGCTATGCTATCAGCTGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTGAGTGGATGGGAAGCATCATCCCTATCTTTGGTACAGCAAACTACGCACAGAAGTTCCAGGGCAGAGTCACGATTACCGCGGACGAATCCACGAGCACAGCCTACATGGAGCTGAGCAGCCTGAGATCTGAGGACACGGCGGTGTACTACTGCGCCAGAGGCCCTTCTGAAGTAGGAGCAATACTCGGATATGTATGGTTCGACCCATGGGGACAGGGTACATTGGTCACCGTCTCCTCA Clone 14 VH FR1 75QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASG Clone 14 VH CDR1 76 GTFSSYAIS Clone 14 VH FR277 WVRQAPGQGLEWMG Clone 14 VH CDR2 78 SIIPIFGTANYAQKFQG Clone 14 VH FR379 RVTITADESTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYC Clone 14 VH CDR3 80 ARGPSEVGAILGYVWFDPClone 14 VH FR4 81 WGQGTLVTVSS Clone 14 VL Protein 82DIVMTQSPLSLPVTPGEPASISCRSSQSLLHSNGYNYLDWYLQKPGQSPQLLIYLGSNRASGVPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLKISRVEAEDVGVYYCMQAKRLPLTF GGGTKVEIKClone 14 VL DNA 83 GATATTGTGATGACTCAGTCTCCACTCTCCCTGCCCGTCACCCCTGGAGAGCCGGCCTCCATCTCCTGCAGGTCTAGTCAGAGCCTCCTGCATAGTAATGGATACAACTATTTGGATTGGTACCTGCAGAAGCCAGGGCAGTCTCCACAGCTCCTGATCTATTTGGGTTCTAATCGGGCCTCCGGGGTCCCTGACAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGATCAGGCACAGATTTTACACTGAAAATCAGCAGAGTGGAGGCTGAGGATGTTGGGGTTTATTACTGCATGCAGGCAAAACGACTCCCTCTCACTTTTGGCGGAGGGACCAAGGTTGAGATCAAA Clone 14 VL FR1 84DIVMTQSPLSLPVTPGEPASISC Clone 14 VL CDR1 85 RSSQSLLHSNGYNYLDClone 14 VL FR2 86 WYLQKPGQSPQLLIY Clone 14 VL CDR2 87 LGSNRASClone 14 VL FR3 88 GVPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLKISRVEAEDVGVYYC Clone 14 VL CDR3 89MQAKRLPLT Clone 14 VL FR4 90 FGGGTKVEIK Clone 16 VH 91QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFSSYAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMG ProteinGIIPIFGTASYAQKFQGRVTITADESTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYCARQSTWHKLYGTDVWGQGTTVTVSS Clone 16 VH DNA 92CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGGGCTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCTGGGTCCTCGGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCAAGGCTTCTGGAGGCACCTTCAGCAGCTATGCTATCAGCTGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTGAGTGGATGGGAGGGATCATCCCTATCTTTGGTACAGCAAGCTACGCACAGAAGTTCCAGGGCAGAGTCACGATTACCGCGGACGAATCCACGAGCACAGCCTACATGGAGCTGAGCAGCCTGAGATCTGAGGACACGGCGGTGTACTACTGCGCAAGACAGAGCACCTGGCACAAATTGTACGGAACGGACGTATGGGGCCAGGGAACAACTGTCACCGTCTCCTCA Clone 16 VH FR1 93 QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGClone 16 VH CDR1 94 GTFSSYAIS Clone 16 VH FR2 95 WVRQAPGQGLEWMGClone 16 VH CDR2 96 GIIPIFGTASYAQKFQG Clone 16 VH FR3 97RVTITADESTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYC Clone 16 VH CDR3 98 ARQSTWHKLYGTDVClone 16 VH FR4 99 WGQGTTVTVSS Clones 16, 16C, 100DIQMTQSPSSVSASVGDRVTITCRASQGISSWLAWYQQKPGKAPKLLIYAA 16D, and 16E VLSSLQSGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQPEDFATYYCQQGDSLPPTFGGGTKV Protein EIKClone 16 VL DNA 101 GACATCCAGATGACCCAGTCTCCATCTTCCGTGTCTGCATCTGTAGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCACTTGTCGGGCGAGTCAGGGTATTAGCAGCTGGTTAGCCTGGTATCAGCAGAAACCAGGGAAAGCCCCTAAGCTCCTGATCTATGCTGCATCCAGTTTGCAAAGTGGGGTCCCATCAAGGTTCAGCGGCAGTGGATCTGGGACAGATTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGCCTGCAGCCTGAAGATTTTGCAACTTATTACTGTCAGCAGGGAGACAGTCTCCCTCCTACTTTTGGCGGAGGGACCAAGGTTGAGATCAAA Clone 16 VL FR1 102 DIQMTQSPSSVSASVGDRVTITCClones 16, 16C, 103 RASQGISSWLA 16D, and 16E VL CDR1 Clone 16 VL FR2 104WYQQKPGKAPKLLIY Clones 16, 16C, 105 AASSLQS 16D, and 16E VL CDR2Clone 16 VL FR3 106 GVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQPEDFATYYC Clones 16, 16C, 107QQGDSLPPT 16D, and 16E VL CDR3 Clone 16 VL FR4 108 FGGGTKVEIKClone 18 VH 109 QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGYTFTSYYMSWVRQAPGQGLEWM ProteinGIINPSGGSTSYAQKFQGRVTMTRDTSTSTVYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYCARVRYGYADGMDVWGQGTTVTVSS Clone 18 VH DNA 110CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGGGCTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCTGGGGCCTCAGTGAAGGTTTCCTGCAAGGCATCTGGATACACCTTCACCAGCTACTATATGTCATGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTGAGTGGATGGGAATAATCAACCCTAGTGGTGGTAGCACAAGCTACGCACAGAAGTTCCAGGGCAGAGTCACCATGACCAGGGACACGTCCACGAGCACAGTCTACATGGAGCTGAGCAGCCTGAGATCTGAGGACACGGCGGTGTACTACTGCGCCAGAGTGAGGTACGGATACGCAGACGGAATGGACGTATGGGGCCAGG GAACAACTGTCACCGTCTCCTCAClone 18 VH FR1 111 QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASG Clone 18 VH CDR1 112YTFTSYYMS Clone 18 VH FR2 113 WVRQAPGQGLEWMG Clone 18 VH CDR2 114IINPSGGSTSYAQKFQG Clone 18 VH FR3 115 RVTMTRDTSTSTVYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYCClone 18 VH CDR3 116 ARVRYGYADGMDV Clone 18 VH FR4 117 WGQGTTVTVSSClone 18 VL Protein 118DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCRASQSISSYLNWYQQKPGKAPKLLIYGASSLQSGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQPEDFATYYCQQVYHLPFTFGGGTKV EIK Clone 18 VL DNA119 GACATCCAGATGACCCAGTCTCCATCCTCCCTGTCTGCATCTGTAGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCACTTGCCGGGCAAGTCAGAGCATTAGCAGCTATTTAAATTGGTATCAGCAGAAACCAGGGAAAGCCCCTAAGCTCCTGATCTATGGTGCATCCAGTTTGCAAAGTGGGGTCCCATCAAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGATCTGGGACAGATTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGTCTGCAACCTGAAGATTTTGCAACTTACTACTGTCAGCAAGTATACCACCTCCCTTTCACTTTTGGCGGAGGGACCAAGGTTGAGATCAAA Clone 18 VL FR1 120 DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCClone 18 VL CDR1 121 RASQSISSYLN Clone 18 VL FR2 122 WYQQKPGKAPKLLIYClone 18 VL CDR2 123 GASSLQS Clone 18 VL FR3 124GVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQPEDFATYYC Clone 18 VL CDR3 125 QQVYHLPFTClone 18 VL FR4 126 FGGGTKVEIK Clone 21 VH 127QLQLQESGPGLVKPSETLSLTCTVSGGSISSSSYYWGWIRQPPGKGLEWIGSI ProteinYYSGSTYYNPSLKSRVTISVDTSKNQFSLKLSSVTAADTAVYYCARDPLYQ DAPFDYWGQGTLVTVSSClone 21 VH DNA 128 CAGCTGCAGCTGCAGGAGTCGGGCCCAGGACTGGTGAAGCCTTCGGAGACCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCACTGTCTCTGGTGGCTCCATCAGCAGTAGTAGTTACTACTGGGGCTGGATCCGCCAGCCCCCAGGGAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGATTGGGAGTATCTATTATAGTGGGAGCACCTACTACAACCCGTCCCTCAAGAGTCGAGTCACCATATCCGTAGACACGTCCAAGAACCAGTTCTCCCTGAAGCTGAGTTCTGTGACCGCCGCAGACACGGCGGTGTACTACTGCGCCAGAGATCCTTTGTACCAAGACGCTCCCTTCGACTATTGGGGACAGGG TACATTGGTCACCGTCTCCTCAClone 21 VH FR1 129 QLQLQESGPGLVKPSETLSLTCTVSG Clone 21 VH CDR1 130GSISSSSYYWG Clone 21 VH FR2 131 WIRQPPGKGLEWIG Clone 21 VH CDR2 132SIYYSGSTYYNPSLKS Clone 21 VH FR3 133 RVTISVDTSKNQFSLKLSSVTAADTAVYYCClone 21 VH CDR3 134 ARDPLYQDAPFDY Clone 21 VH FR4 135 WGQGTLVTVSSClone 21 VL Protein 136EIVLTQSPATLSLSPGERATLSCRASQSVSSYLAWYQQKPGQAPRLLIYDASNRATGIPARFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLEPEDFAVYYCQQRANFPTFGGGTKVEI K Clone 21 VL DNA137 GAAATTGTGTTGACACAGTCTCCAGCCACCCTGTCTTTGTCTCCAGGGGAAAGAGCCACCCTCTCCTGCAGGGCCAGTCAGAGTGTTAGCAGCTACTTAGCCTGGTACCAACAGAAACCTGGCCAGGCTCCCAGGCTCCTCATCTATGATGCATCCAACAGGGCCACTGGCATCCCAGCCAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGGTCTGGGACAGACTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGCCTAGAGCCTGAAGATTTTGCAGTTTATTACTGTCAGCAGAGAGCCAACTTCCCTACTTTTGGCGGAGGGACCAAGGTTGAGATCAAA Clone 21 VL FR1 138 EIVLTQSPATLSLSPGERATLSCClone 21 VL CDR1 139 RASQSVSSYLA Clone 21 VL FR2 140 WYQQKPGQAPRLLIYClone 21 VL CDR2 141 DASNRAT Clone 21 VL FR3 142GIPARFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLEPEDFAVYYC Clone 21 VL CDR3 143 QQRANFPTClone 21 VL FR4 144 FGGGTKVEIK Clone 22 VH 145QVQLQESGPGLVKPSETLSLTCAVSGYSISSGYYWAWIRQPPGKGLEWIGSI ProteinYHSGSTYYNPSLKSRVTISVDTSKNQFSLKLSSVTAADTAVYYCARQGYYYGSSGSVDFDLWGRGTLVTVSS Clone 22 VH DNA 146CAGGTGCAGCTGCAGGAGTCGGGCCCAGGACTGGTGAAGCCTTCGGAGACCCTGTCCCTCACCTGCGCTGTCTCTGGTTACTCCATCAGCAGTGGTTACTACTGGGCTTGGATCCGGCAGCCCCCAGGGAAGGGGCTGGAGTGGATTGGGAGTATCTATCATAGTGGGAGCACCTACTACAACCCGTCCCTCAAGAGTCGAGTCACCATATCAGTAGACACGTCCAAGAACCAGTTCTCCCTGAAGCTGAGTTCTGTGACCGCCGCAGACACGGCGGTGTACTACTGCGCCAGGCAGGGATACTACTACGGCAGCAGCGGCAGTGTAGACTTCGACCTATGGGGGAGAGGTACCTTGGTCACCGTCTCCTCA Clone 22 VH FR1 147QVQLQESGPGLVKPSETLSLTCAVSG Clone 22 VH CDR1 148 YSISSGYYWAClone 22 VH FR2 149 WIRQPPGKGLEWIG Clone 22 VH CDR2 150 SIYHSGSTYYNPSLKSClone 22 VH FR3 151 RVTISVDTSKNQFSLKLSSVTAADTAVYYC Clone 22 VH CDR3 152ARQGYYYGSSGSVDFDL Clone 22 VH FR4 153 WGRGTLVTVSS Clone 22 VL Protein154 DIQMTQSPSSVSASVGDRVTITCRASQGISSWLAWYQQKPGKAPKLLIYAASNLQSGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQPEDFATYYCQQANSLPPWTFGGGT KVEIKClone 22 VL DNA 155 GACATCCAGATGACCCAGTCTCCATCTTCCGTGTCTGCATCTGTAGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCACTTGTCGGGCGAGTCAGGGTATTAGCAGCTGGTTAGCCTGGTATCAGCAGAAACCAGGGAAAGCCCCTAAGCTCCTGATCTATGCTGCATCCAATTTGCAAAGTGGGGTCCCATCAAGGTTCAGCGGCAGTGGATCTGGGACAGATTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGCCTGCAGCCTGAAGATTTTGCAACTTATTACTGTCAACAGGCAAATAGTCTCCCTCCTTGGACTTTTGGCGGAGGGACCAAGGTTGAGATCAAA Clone 22 VL FR1 156DIQMTQSPSSVSASVGDRVTITC Clone 22 VL CDR1 157 RASQGISSWLA Clone 22 VL FR2158 WYQQKPGKAPKLLIY Clone 22 VL CDR2 159 AASNLQS Clone 22 VL FR3 160GVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQPEDFATYYC Clone 22 VL CDR3 161 QQANSLPPWTClone 22 VL FR4 162 FGGGTKVEIK Clone 25 VH 163QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGYTFTSYAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMG ProteinWISAYNGNTNYAQKLQGRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSDDTAVYYCARDLSSFWSGDVLGAFDIWGQGTMVTVSS Clone 25 VH DNA 164CAGGTTCAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGAGCTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCTGGGGCCTCAGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCAAGGCTTCTGGTTACACCTTTACCAGCTATGCCATCAGCTGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTGAGTGGATGGGATGGATCAGCGCTTACAATGGTAACACAAACTATGCACAGAAGCTCCAGGGCAGAGTCACCATGACCACAGACACATCCACGAGCACAGCCTACATGGAGCTGAGGAGCCTGAGATCTGACGACACGGCGGTGTACTACTGCGCAAGGGATTTGTCTAGCTTCTGGAGCGGAGACGTGTTAGGAGCCTTCGACATATGGGGTCAGGGTACAATGGTCACCGTCTCCTCA Clone 25 VH FR1 165QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASG Clones 25 and 25A 166 YTFTSYAIS VH CDR1Clone 25 VH FR2 167 WVRQAPGQGLEWMG Clones 25 and 25E 168WISAYNGNTNYAQKLQG VH CDR2 Clone 25 VH FR3 169RVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSDDTAVYYC Clones 25, 25A, and 170ARDLSSFWSGDVLGAFDI 25B VH CDR3 Clone 25 VH FR4 171 WGQGTMVTVSSClones 25, 25A, 172 DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCRASQSISSYLNWYQQKPGKAPKLLIYAAS25B, 25C, 25D, and SLQSGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQPEDFATYYCQQSVPPRTFGGGTKVEI25E VL Protein K Clone 25 VL DNA 173GACATCCAGATGACCCAGTCTCCATCCTCCCTGTCTGCATCTGTAGGAGACAGAGTCACCATCACTTGCCGGGCAAGTCAGAGCATTAGCAGCTATTTAAATTGGTATCAGCAGAAACCAGGGAAAGCCCCTAAGCTCCTGATCTATGCTGCATCCAGTTTGCAAAGTGGGGTCCCATCAAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGATCTGGGACAGATTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGTCTGCAACCTGAAGATTTTGCAACTTACTACTGTCAGCAAAGCGTCCCCCCCAGGACTTTTGGCGGAGGGACCAAGGTTGAGATCAAA Clone 25 VL FR1 174 DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCClones 25, 25A, 175 RASQSISSYLN 25B, 25C, 25D, and 25E VL CDR1Clone 25 VL FR2 176 WYQQKPGKAPKLLIY Clones 25, 25A, 177 AASSLQS25B, 25C, 25D, and 25E VL CDR2 Clone 25 VL FR3 178GVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQPEDFATYYC Clones 25, 25A, 179 QQSVPPRT25B, 25C, 25D, and 25E VL CDR3 Clone 25 VL FR4 180 FGGGTKVEIKClone 27 VH 181 QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGYTFTSYAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGProtein WISAYNGNTNYAQKLQGRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSDDTAVYYCARDLSSFWSGDVLGAFDIWGQGTMVTVSS Clone 27 VH DNA 182CAGGTTCAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGAGCTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCTGGGGCCTCAGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCAAGGCTTCTGGTTACACCTTTACCAGCTATGCCATCAGCTGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTGAGTGGATGGGATGGATCAGCGCTTACAATGGTAACACAAACTATGCACAGAAGCTCCAGGGCAGAGTCACCATGACCACAGACACATCCACGAGCACAGCCTACATGGAGCTGAGGAGCCTGAGATCTGACGACACGGCGGTGTACTACTGCGCAAGGGATTTGTCTAGCTTCTGGAGCGGAGACGTGTTAGGAGCCTTCGACATATGGGGTCAGGGTACAATGGTCACCGTCTCCTCA Clone 27 VH FR1 183QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASG Clone 27 VH CDR1 184 YTFTSYAISClone 27 VH FR2 185 WVRQAPGQGLEWMG Clone 27 VH CDR2 186WISAYNGNTNYAQKLQG Clone 27 VH FR3 187 RVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSDDTAVYYCClone 27 VH CDR3 188 ARDLSSFWSGDVLGAFDI Clone 27 VH FR4 189 WGQGTMVTVSSClone 27 VL Protein 190EIVMTQSPATLSVSPGERATLSCRASQSVSSNLAWYQQKPGQAPRLLIYGASTRATGIPARFSGSGSGTEFTLTISSLQSEDFAVYYCQQHANHITFGGGTKVE IK Clone 27 VL DNA191 GAAATAGTGATGACGCAGTCTCCAGCCACCCTGTCTGTGTCTCCAGGGGAAAGAGCCACCCTCTCCTGCAGGGCCAGTCAGAGTGTTAGCAGCAACTTAGCCTGGTACCAGCAGAAACCTGGCCAGGCTCCCAGGCTCCTCATCTATGGTGCATCCACCAGGGCCACTGGTATCCCAGCCAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGGTCTGGGACAGAGTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGCCTGCAGTCTGAAGATTTTGCAGTTTATTACTGTCAGCAGCACGCCAATCACATCACTTTTGGCGGAGGGACCAAGGTTGAGATCAAA Clone 27 VL FR1 192 EIVMTQSPATLSVSPGERATLSCClone 27 VL CDR1 193 RASQSVSSNLA Clone 27 VL FR2 194 WYQQKPGQAPRLLIYClone 27 VL CDR2 195 GASTRAT Clone 27 VL FR3 196GIPARFSGSGSGTEFTLTISSLQSEDFAVYYC Clone 27 VL CDR3 197 QQHANHITClone 27 VL FR4 198 FGGGTKVEIK Clone 54 VH 199QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGYTFTSYYMHWVRQAPGQGLEWM ProteinGIINPSGGSTSYAQKFQGRVTMTRDTSTSTVYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYCARASDSYGVGLYYGMDVWGQGTTVTVSS Clone 54 VH DNA 200CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGGGCTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCTGGGGCCTCAGTGAAGGTTTCCTGCAAGGCATCTGGATACACCTTCACCAGCTACTATATGCACTGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTGAGTGGATGGGAATAATCAACCCTAGTGGTGGTAGCACAAGCTACGCACAGAAGTTCCAGGGCAGAGTCACCATGACCAGGGACACGTCCACGAGCACAGTCTACATGGAGCTGAGCAGCCTGAGATCTGAGGACACGGCGGTGTACTACTGCGCTAGGGCATCTGACTCCTACGGAGTGGGCCTCTACTACGGAATGGACGTATGGGGCCAGGGAACAACTGTCACCGTCTCCTCA Clone 54 VH FR1 201QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASG Clone 54 VH CDR1 202 YTFTSYYMHClone 54 VH FR2 203 WVRQAPGQGLEWMG Clone 54 VH CDR2 204IINPSGGSTSYAQKFQG Clone 54 VH FR3 205 RVTMTRDTSTSTVYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYCClone 54 VH CDR3 206 ARASDSYGVGLYYGMDV Clone 54 VH FR4 207 WGQGTTVTVSSClone 54 VL Protein 208EIVLTQSPGTLSLSPGERATLSCRASQSVRSSYLAWYQQKPGQAPRLLIYGASSRATGIPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISRLEPEDFAVYYCQQYYVSPLTFGGGTK VEIKClone 54 VL DNA 209 GAAATTGTGTTGACGCAGTCTCCAGGCACCCTGTCTTTGTCTCCAGGGGAAAGAGCCACCCTCTCCTGCAGGGCCAGTCAGAGTGTTAGGAGCAGCTACTTAGCCTGGTACCAGCAGAAACCTGGCCAGGCTCCCAGGCTCCTCATCTATGGTGCATCCAGCAGGGCCACTGGCATCCCAGACAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGGTCTGGGACAGACTTCACTCTCACCATCAGCAGACTGGAGCCTGAAGATTTTGCAGTGTATTACTGTCAGCAGTACTACGTCAGTCCTCTCACTTTTGGCGGAGGGACCAAGGTTGAGATCAAA Clone 54 VL FR1 210EIVLTQSPGTLSLSPGERATLSC Clone 54 VL CDR1 211 RASQSVRSSYLAClone 54 VL FR2 212 WYQQKPGQAPRLLIY Clone 54 VL CDR2 213 GASSRATClone 54 VL FR3 214 GIPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISRLEPEDFAVYYC Clone 54 VL CDR3215 QQYYVSPLT Clone 54 VL FR4 216 FGGGTKVEIK Human TIGIT 217CGTCCTATCTGCAGTCGGCTACTTTCAGTGGCAGAAGAGGCCACATCTG cDNA sequenceCTTCCTGTAGGCCCTCTGGGCAGAAGCATGCGCTGGTGTCTCCTCCTGA (GenBankTCTGGGCCCAGGGGCTGAGGCAGGCTCCCCTCGCCTCAGGAATGATGAC Accession No.AGGCACAATAGAAACAACGGGGAACATTTCTGCAGAGAAAGGTGGCTC NM_173799.3)TATCATCTTACAATGTCACCTCTCCTCCACCACGGCACAAGTGACCCAGGTCAACTGGGAGCAGCAGGACCAGCTTCTGGCCATTTGTAATGCTGACTTGGGGTGGCACATCTCCCCATCCTTCAAGGATCGAGTGGCCCCAGGTCCCGGCCTGGGCCTCACCCTCCAGTCGCTGACCGTGAACGATACAGGGGAGTACTTCTGCATCTATCACACCTACCCTGATGGGACGTACACTGGGAGAATCTTCCTGGAGGTCCTAGAAAGCTCAGTGGCTGAGCACGGTGCCAGGTTCCAGATTCCATTGCTTGGAGCCATGGCCGCGACGCTGGTGGTCATCTGCACAGCAGTCATCGTGGTGGTCGCGTTGACTAGAAAGAAGAAAGCCCTCAGAATCCATTCTGTGGAAGGTGACCTCAGGAGAAAATCAGCTGGACAGGAGGAATGGAGCCCCAGTGCTCCCTCACCCCCAGGAAGCTGTGTCCAGGCAGAAGCTGCACCTGCTGGGCTCTGTGGAGAGCAGCGGGGAGAGGACTGTGCCGAGCTGCATGACTACTTCAATGTCCTGAGTTACAGAAGCCTGGGTAACTGCAGCTTCTTCACAGAGACTGGTTAGCAACCAGAGGCATCTTCTGGAAGATACACTTTTGTCTTTGCTATTATAGATGAATATATAAGCAGCTGTACTCTCCATCAGTGCTGCGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTGTATGTGTGTGTGTGTTCAGTTGAGTGAATAAATGTCATCCTCTTCTCCATCTTCATTTCCTTGGCCTTTTCGTTCTATTCCATTTTGCATTATGGCAGGCCTAGGGTGAGTAACGTGGATCTTGATCATAAATGCAAAATTAAAAAATATCTTGACCTGGTTTTAAATCTGGCAGTTTGAGCAGATCCTATGTCTCTGAGAGACACATTCCTCATAATGGCCAGCATTTTGGGCTACAAGGTTTTGTGGTTGATGATGAGGATGGCATGACTGCAGAGCCATCCTCATCTCATTTTTTCACGTCATTTTCAGTAACTTTCACTCATTCAAAGGCAGGTTATAAGTAAGTCCTGGTAGCAGCCTCTATGGGGAGATTTGAGAGTGACTAAATCTTGGTATCTGCCCTCAAGAACTTACAGTTAAATGGGGAGACAATGTTGTCATGAAAAGGTATTATAGTAAGGAGAGAAGGAGACATACACAGGCCTTCAGGAAGAGACGACAGTTTGGGGTGAGGTAGTTGGCATAGGCTTATCTGTGATGAAGTGGCCTGGGAGCACCAAGGGGATGTTGAGGCTAGTCTGGGAGGAGCAGGAGTTTTGTCTAGGGAACTTGTAGGAAATTCTTGGAGCTGAAAGTCCCACAAAGAAGGCCCTGGCACCAAGGGAGTCAGCAAACTTCAGATTTTATTCTCTGGGCAGGCATTTCAAGTTTCCTTTTGCTGTGACATACTCATCCATTAGACAGCCTGATACAGGCCTGTAGCCTCTTCCGGCCGTGTGTGCTGGGGAAGCCCCAGGAAACGCACATGCCCACACAGGGAGCCAAGTCGTAGCATTTGGGCCTTGATCTACCTTTTCTGCATCAATACACTCTTGAGCCTTTGAAAAAAGAACGTTTCCCACTAAAAAGAAAATGTGGATTTTTAAAATAGGGACTCTTCCTAGGGGAAAAAGGGGGGCTGGGAGTGATAGAGGGTTTAAAAAATAAACACCTTCAAACTAACTTCTTCGAACCCTTTTATTCACTCCCTGACGACTTTGTGCTGGGGTTGGGGTAACTGAACCGCTTATTTCTGTTTAATTGCATTCAGGCTGGATCTTAGAAGACTTTTATCCTTCCACCATCTCTCTCAGAGGAATGAGCGGGGAGGTTGGATTTACTGGTGACTGATTTTCTTTCATGGGCCAAGGAACTGAAAGAGAATGTGAAGCAAGGTTGTGTCTTGCGCATGGTTAAAAATAAAGCATTGTCCTGCTTCCTAAGACTTAGACTGGGGTTGACAATTGTTTTAGCAACAAGACAATTCAACTATTTCTCCTAGGATTTTTATTATTATTATTTTTTCACTTTTCTACCAAATGGGTTACATAGGAAGAATGAACTGAAATCTGTCCAGAGCTCCAAGTCCTTTGGAAGAAAGATTAGATGAACGTAAAAATGTTGTTGTTTGCTGTGGCAGTTTACAGCATTTTTCTTGCAAAATTAGTGCAAATCTGTTGGAAATAGAACACAATTCACAAATTGGAAGTGAACTAAAATGTAATGACGAAAAGGGAGTAGTGTTTTGATTTGGAGGAGGTGTATATTCGGCAGAGGTTGGACTGAGAGTTGGGTGTTATTTAACATAATTATGGTAATTGGGAAACATTTATAAACACTATTGGGATGGTGATAAAATACAAAAGGGCCTATAGATGTTAGAAATGGGTCAGGTTACTGAAATGGGATTCAATTTGAAAAAAATTTTTTTAAATAGAACTCACTGAACTAGATTCTCCTCTGAGAACCAGAGAAGACCATTTCATAGTTGGATTCCTGGAGACATGCGCTATCCACCACGTAGCCACTTTCCACATGTGGCCATCAACCACTTAAGATGGGGTTAGTTTAAATCAAGATGTGCTGTTATAATTGGTATAAGCATAAAATCACACTAGATTCTGGAGATTTAATATGAATAATAAGAATACTATTTCAGTAGTTTTGGTATATTGTGTGTCAAAAATGATAATATTTTGGATGTATTGGGTGAAATAAAATATTAACATTAA AAAAAAAAA Human TIGIT218 MRWCLLLIWAQGLRQAPLASGMMTGTIETTGNISAEKGGSIILQCHLSSTT protein (GenBankAQVTQVNWEQQDQLLAICNADLGWHISPSFKDRVAPGPGLGLTLQSLTVN Accession No.DTGEYFCIYHTYPDGTYTGRIFLEVLESSVAEHGARFQIPLLGAMAATLVVI NP_776160.2)CTAVIVVVALTRKKKALRIHSVEGDLRRKSAGQEEWSPSAPSPPGSCVQAEAAPAGLCGEQRGEDCAELHDYFNVLSYRSLGNCSFFTETG Cynomolgus 219MAFLVAPPMQFVYLLKTLCVFNMVFAKPGFSETVFSHRLSFTVLSAVGYFR monkey TIGITWQKRPHLLPVSPLGRSMRWCLFLIWAQGLRQAPLASGMMTGTIETTGNIS proteinAKKGGSVILQCHLSSTMAQVTQVNWEQHDHSLLAIRNAELGWHIYPAFKDRVAPGPGLGLTLQSLTMNDTGEYFCTYHTYPDGTYRGRIFLEVLESSVAEHSARFQIPLLGAMAMMLVVICIAVIVVVVLARKKKSLRIHSVESGLQRKSTGQEEQIPSAPSPPGSCVQAEAAPAGLCGEQQGDDCAELHDYFNVLSYRSLGS CSFFTETG Mouse TIGIT220 MHGWLLLVWVQGLIQAAFLATGATAGTIDTKRNISAEEGGSVILQCHFSSD proteinTAEVTQVDWKQQDQLLAIYSVDLGWHVASVFSDRVVPGPSLGLTFQSLTMNDTGEYFCTYHTYPGGIYKGRIFLKVQESSVAQFQTAPLGGTMAAVLGLICLMVTGVTVLARKKSIRMHSIESGLGRTEAEPQEWNLRSLSSPGSPVQTQTAPAGPCGEQAEDDYADPQEYFNVLSYRSLESFIAVSKTG Clone 2C VH CDR1 221 FTFTDYYMDClone 2C VH CDR2 222 RTRNKVNSYYIEYAASVKG Clone 2C VH CDR3 223ARGQYYYGSDRRGYYYMDV Clones 13A, 13C, 224 GTFLSSAIS and 13D VH CDR1Clone 13A VH 225 SLIPYFGTANYAQKFQG CDR2 Clone 13B VH 226 GTFSAWAIS CDR1Clones 13B and 13D 227 SIIPYFGKANYAQKFQG VH CDR2 Clone 13B VH 228ARGPSEVSGILGYVWFDP CDR3 Clone 13C VH 229 SIIPLFGKANYAQKFQG CDR2Clones 13C and 13D 230 ARGPSEVKGILGYVWFDP VH CDR3 Clone 16C VH 231GTFREYAIS CDR1 Clone 16C VH 232 GIHPIFGTARYAQKFQG CDR2 Clones 16Dand 16E233 GTFSDYPIS VH CDR1 Clones 16B, 16D, 234 GIIPIVGGANYAQKFQGand 16E VH CDR2 Clone 16C VH 235 TRQSTWHKLYGTDV CDR3 Clone 16DVH 236TRQSTWHKLFGTDV CDR3 Clone 16E VH 237 ARQSTWHKVYGTDV CDR3 Clone 25A VH238 WISAYNGNTKYAQKLQG CDR2 Clones 25B, 25C, 239 YTFTSYPIGand 25D VH CDR1 Clones 25B, 25C, 240 WISSYNGNTNYAQKLQG and 25D VH CDR2Clone 25C VH 241 ARGASSFWSGDVLGAFDI CDR3 Clone 25D VH 242ARDLKSFWSGDVLGAFDI CDR3 Clone 25E VH 243 YTFTSYAIA CDR1 Clone 25E VH 244ARSGSSFWSGDVLGAFDI CDR3 Clone 2C VH 245EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASGFTFTDYYMDWVRQAPGKGLEWVGRTRNKVNSYYTEYAASVKGRFTISRDDSKNSLYLQMNSLKTEDTAVYYCARGQYYYGSDRRGYYYMDVWGQGTTVTVSS Clone 13A VH 246QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFLSSAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGSLIPYFGTANYAQKFQGRVTITADESTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYCARGPSEVGAILGYVWFDPWGQGTLVTVSS Clone 13B VH 247QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFSAWAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGSIIPYFGKANYAQKFQGRVTITADESTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYCARGPSEVSGILGYVWFDPWGQGTLVTVSS Clone 13C VH 248QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFLSSAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGSIIPLFGKANYAQKFQGRVTITADESTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYCARGPSEVKGILGYVWFDPWGQGTLVTVSS Clone 13D VH 249QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFLSSAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGSIIPYFGKANYAQKFQGRVTITADESTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYCARGPSEVKGILGYVWFDPWGQGTLVTVSS Clone 16C VH 250QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFREYAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIHPIFGTARYAQKFQGRVTITADESTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYCTRQSTWHKLYGTDVWGQGTTVTVSS Clone 16D VH 251QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFSDYPISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIIPIVGGANYAQKFQGRVTITADESTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYCTRQSTWHKLFGTDVWGQGTTVTVSS Clone 16E VH 252QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFSDYPISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGGIIPIVGGANYAQKFQGRVTITADESTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYCARQSTWHKVYGTDVWGQGTTVTVSS Clone 25A VH 253QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGYTFTSYAISWVRQAPGQGLEWMGWISAYNGNTKYAQKLQGRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSDDTAVYYCARDLSSFWSGDVLGAFDIWGQGTMVTVSS Clone 25B VH 254QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGYTFTSYPIGWVRQAPGQGLEWMGWISSYNGNTNYAQKLQGRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSDDTAVYYCARDLSSFWSGDVLGAFDIWGQGTMVTVSS Clone 25C VH 255QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGYTFTSYPIGWVRQAPGQGLEWMGWISSYNGNTNYAQKLQGRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSDDTAVYYCARGASSFWSGDVLGAFDIWGQGTMVTVSS Clone 25D VH 256QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGYTFTSYPIGWVRQAPGQGLEWMGWISSYNGNTNYAQKLQGRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSDDTAVYYCARDLKSFWSGDVLGAFDIWGQGTMVTVSS Clone 25E VH 257QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGASVKVSCKASGYTFTSYAIAWVRQAPGQGLEWMGWISAYNGNTNYAQKLQGRVTMTTDTSTSTAYMELRSLRSDDTAVYYCARSGSSFWSGDVLGAFDIWGQGTMVTVSS hTIGIT68-82 258 ICNADLGWHISPSFK epitopeClone 13 heavy 259 CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGGGCTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCTGGGchain hIgG1 (and TCCTCTGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCAAGGCTTCTGGAGGCACCTTCAGCAhIgG1 afucosylated) GCTATGCTATCAGCTGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTGAnucleotide sequence; GTGGATGGGAAGCATCATCCCTATCTTTGGTACAGCAAACTACGCAbold indicates CAGAAGTTCCAGGGCAGAGTCACCATTACTGCTGATGAATCCACCAnucleotide sequence GCACAGCCTACATGGAGCTGAGCAGCCTGAGATCTGAGGACACTGCof variable region TGTGTACTACTGTGCCAGAGGCCCTTCTGAAGTAGGAGCAATACTG (VH)GGATATGTATGGTTTGACCCATGGGGACAGGGTACATTGGTCACCGTCTCCTCAGCTAGCACCAAGGGCCCATCTGTCTTCCCCCTGGCACCCTCCTCCAAGAGCACCTCTGGGGGCACAGCTGCCCTGGGCTGCCTGGTCAAGGACTACTTCCCTGAACCTGTGACAGTGTCCTGGAACTCAGGAGCCCTGACCAGCGGCGTGCACACCTTCCCGGCTGTCCTACAGTCCTCAGGACTCTACTCCCTCAGCAGCGTGGTGACCGTGCCCTCCAGCAGCTTGGGCACCCAGACCTACATCTGCAACGTGAATCACAAGCCCAGCAACACCAAGGTGGACAAGAAAGTTGAGCCCAAATCTTGTGACAAAACTCACACATGCCCACCGTGCCCAGCACCTGAACTCCTGGGGGGACCGTCAGTCTTCCTCTTCCCCCCAAAACCCAAGGACACCCTCATGATCTCCCGGACCCCTGAGGTCACATGCGTGGTGGTGGACGTGAGCCACGAAGACCCTGAGGTCAAGTTCAACTGGTACGTGGACGGCGTGGAGGTGCATAATGCCAAGACAAAGCCGCGGGAGGAGCAGTACAACAGCACGTACCGTGTGGTCAGCGTCCTCACCGTCCTGCACCAGGACTGGCTGAATGGCAAGGAGTACAAGTGCAAGGTCTCCAACAAAGCCCTCCCAGCCCCCATCGAGAAAACCATCTCCAAAGCCAAAGGGCAGCCCCGAGAACCACAGGTTTACACCCTGCCCCCATCCCGGGATGAGCTGACCAAGAACCAGGTCAGCCTGACCTGCCTGGTCAAAGGCTTCTATCCCAGCGACATCGCCGTGGAGTGGGAGAGCAATGGGCAGCCGGAGAACAACTACAAGACCACGCCTCCCGTGCTGGACTCCGACGGCTCCTTCTTCCTCTACAGCAAGCTCACCGTGGACAAGAGCAGGTGGCAGCAGGGGAACGTCTTCTCATGCTCCGTGATGCATGAGGCTCTGCACAACCACTACACACAGAAGAGCCTCTCCCTGTCTCCGGGCAAA Clone 13 heavy 260QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFSSYAISWVRQAPGQGLEW chain hIgG1 (andMGSIIPIFGTANYAQKFQGRVTITADESTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYCA hIgG1 afucosylated)RGPSEVGAILGYVWFDPWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGT amino acidAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPS sequence; boldSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFL indicates VHFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSL SPGK Clone 13 heavy261 CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGGGCTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCTGGG chain hIgG1 LALA-TCCTCTGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCAAGGCTTCTGGAGGCACCTTCAGCA PG nucleotideGCTATGCTATCAGCTGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTGA sequence; boldGTGGATGGGAAGCATCATCCCTATCTTTGGTACAGCAAACTACGCA indicates nucleotideCAGAAGTTCCAGGGCAGAGTCACCATTACTGCTGATGAATCCACCA sequence of VHGCACAGCCTACATGGAGCTGAGCAGCCTGAGATCTGAGGACACTGCTGTGTACTACTGTGCCAGAGGCCCTTCTGAAGTAGGAGCAATACTGGGATATGTATGGTTTGACCCATGGGGACAGGGTACATTGGTCACCGTCTCCTCAGCTAGCACCAAGGGCCCATCTGTCTTCCCCCTGGCACCCTCCTCCAAGAGCACCTCTGGGGGCACAGCTGCCCTGGGCTGCCTGGTCAAGGACTACTTCCCTGAACCTGTGACAGTGTCCTGGAACTCAGGAGCCCTGACCAGCGGCGTGCACACCTTCCCGGCTGTCCTACAGTCCTCAGGACTCTACTCCCTCAGCAGCGTGGTGACCGTGCCCTCCAGCAGCTTGGGCACCCAGACCTACATCTGCAACGTGAATCACAAGCCCAGCAACACCAAGGTGGACAAGAAAGTTGAGCCCAAATCTTGTGACAAAACTCACACATGCCCACCGTGCCCAGCACCTGAAGCTGCTGGGGGACCGTCAGTCTTCCTCTTCCCCCCAAAACCCAAGGACACCCTCATGATCTCCCGGACCCCTGAGGTCACATGCGTGGTGGTGGACGTGAGCCACGAAGACCCTGAGGTCAAGTTCAACTGGTACGTGGACGGCGTGGAGGTGCATAATGCCAAGACAAAGCCGCGGGAGGAGCAGTACAACAGCACGTACCGTGTGGTCAGCGTCCTCACCGTCCTGCACCAGGACTGGCTGAATGGCAAGGAGTACAAGTGCAAGGTCTCCAACAAAGCCCTCGGGGCCCCCATCGAGAAAACCATCTCCAAAGCCAAAGGGCAGCCCCGAGAACCACAGGTTTACACCCTGCCCCCATCCCGGGATGAGCTGACCAAGAACCAGGTCAGCCTGACCTGCCTGGTCAAAGGCTTCTATCCCAGCGACATCGCCGTGGAGTGGGAGAGCAATGGGCAGCCGGAGAACAACTACAAGACCACGCCTCCCGTGCTGGACTCCGACGGCTCCTTCTTCCTCTACAGCAAGCTCACCGTGGACAAGAGCAGGTGGCAGCAGGGGAACGTCTTCTCATGCTCCGTGATGCATGAGGCTCTGCACAACCACTACACACAGAAGAGCCTCTCCCTGTCTCCGGGCAAA Clone 13 heavy 262QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFSSYAISWVRQAPGQGLEW chain hIgG1 LALA-MGSIIPIFGTANYAQKFQGRVTITADESTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYCA PG amino acidRGPSEVGAILGYVWFDPWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGT sequence; boldAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPS indicates VHSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPEAAGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALGAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLS LSPGK Clone 13 heavy263 CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGGGCTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCTGGG chain hIgG4 S228PTCCTCTGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCAAGGCTTCTGGAGGCACCTTCAGCA nucleotide sequence;GCTATGCTATCAGCTGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTGA bold indicatesGTGGATGGGAAGCATCATCCCTATCTTTGGTACAGCAAACTACGCA nucleotide sequenceCAGAAGTTCCAGGGCAGAGTCACCATTACTGCTGATGAATCCACCA of VHGCACAGCCTACATGGAGCTGAGCAGCCTGAGATCTGAGGACACTGCTGTGTACTACTGTGCCAGAGGCCCTTCTGAAGTAGGAGCAATACTGGGATATGTATGGTTTGACCCATGGGGACAGGGTACATTGGTCACCGTCTCCTCAGCTAGCACCAAGGGCCCATCTGTCTTCCCCCTGGCCCCTTGCTCCAGAAGCACATCTGAGAGCACAGCGGCCCTGGGATGCCTGGTCAAGGACTATTTCCCTGAGCCGGTGACCGTAAGCTGGAACTCTGGAGCCCTGACCAGCGGCGTGCACACCTTCCCAGCTGTCCTGCAGTCTTCAGGGCTCTACTCCCTCAGCAGTGTGGTGACTGTACCCTCCAGCAGCTTGGGCACCAAGACCTACACCTGCAACGTAGATCACAAGCCCAGCAACACCAAGGTGGACAAGAGAGTTGAGTCCAAATATGGTCCCCCATGCCCACCCTGCCCAGCACCAGAGTTCCTGGGGGGACCATCTGTCTTCCTCTTCCCCCCAAAACCCAAGGATACCCTCATGATCTCCCGGACCCCTGAGGTCACATGTGTGGTGGTGGACGTGAGCCAGGAGGACCCCGAGGTCCAGTTCAACTGGTATGTGGATGGCGTGGAAGTGCATAATGCTAAGACAAAGCCACGGGAGGAGCAGTTCAACAGCACCTACCGTGTGGTCAGCGTCCTCACAGTGCTGCACCAGGACTGGCTGAATGGCAAGGAGTACAAATGCAAGGTCTCCAACAAAGGCCTCCCATCCTCCATCGAGAAAACCATCTCCAAAGCCAAAGGGCAACCCCGGGAACCACAGGTATACACCCTGCCTCCATCCCAAGAAGAGATGACCAAGAACCAGGTCAGCCTGACCTGCCTGGTCAAAGGCTTCTACCCCTCTGACATTGCCGTGGAGTGGGAGAGCAATGGGCAGCCAGAGAACAACTACAAGACCACACCTCCCGTGCTGGACTCCGATGGCTCCTTCTTCCTGTACTCCCGGCTCACAGTGGACAAGAGCAGGTGGCAGGAGGGAAATGTCTTCTCCTGCTCCGTGATGCATGAGGCTCTGCACAACCACTACACACAGAAGAGCCTCT CCCTGTCTCTGGGCAAAClone 13 heavy 264 QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFSSYAISWVRQAPGQGLEWchain hIgG4 S228P MGSIIPIFGTANYAQKFQGRVTITADESTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYCAamino acid RGPSEVGAILGYVWFDPWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPCSRSTSESTsequence; bold AALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSindicates VH SSLGTKTYTCNVDHKPSNTKVDKRVESKYGPPCPPCPAPEFLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSQEDPEVQFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQFNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKGLPSSIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSQEEMTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSRLTVDKSRWQEGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSLGK Clone 13A heavy 265CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGGGCTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCTGGG chain hIgG1 (andTCCTCTGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCAAGGCTTCTGGAGGCACCTTCCTTA hIgG1 afucosylated)GCTCTGCTATCAGCTGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTGA nucleotide sequence;GTGGATGGGATCTCTCATCCCTTATTTTGGTACAGCAAACTACGCA bold indicatesCAGAAGTTCCAGGGCAGAGTCACCATTACTGCTGATGAATCCACCA nucleotide sequenceGCACAGCCTACATGGAGCTGAGCAGCCTGAGATCTGAGGACACTGC of VHTGTGTACTACTGTGCCAGAGGCCCTTCTGAAGTAGGAGCAATACTGGGATATGTATGGTTTGACCCATGGGGACAGGGTACATTGGTCACCGTCTCCTCAGCTAGCACCAAGGGCCCATCTGTCTTCCCCCTGGCACCCTCCTCCAAGAGCACCTCTGGGGGCACAGCTGCCCTGGGCTGCCTGGTCAAGGACTACTTCCCTGAACCTGTGACAGTGTCCTGGAACTCAGGAGCCCTGACCAGCGGCGTGCACACCTTCCCGGCTGTCCTACAGTCCTCAGGACTCTACTCCCTCAGCAGCGTGGTGACCGTGCCCTCCAGCAGCTTGGGCACCCAGACCTACATCTGCAACGTGAATCACAAGCCCAGCAACACCAAGGTGGACAAGAAAGTTGAGCCCAAATCTTGTGACAAAACTCACACATGCCCACCGTGCCCAGCACCTGAACTCCTGGGGGGACCGTCAGTCTTCCTCTTCCCCCCAAAACCCAAGGACACCCTCATGATCTCCCGGACCCCTGAGGTCACATGCGTGGTGGTGGACGTGAGCCACGAAGACCCTGAGGTCAAGTTCAACTGGTACGTGGACGGCGTGGAGGTGCATAATGCCAAGACAAAGCCGCGGGAGGAGCAGTACAACAGCACGTACCGTGTGGTCAGCGTCCTCACCGTCCTGCACCAGGACTGGCTGAATGGCAAGGAGTACAAGTGCAAGGTCTCCAACAAAGCCCTCCCAGCCCCCATCGAGAAAACCATCTCCAAAGCCAAAGGGCAGCCCCGAGAACCACAGGTTTACACCCTGCCCCCATCCCGGGATGAGCTGACCAAGAACCAGGTCAGCCTGACCTGCCTGGTCAAAGGCTTCTATCCCAGCGACATCGCCGTGGAGTGGGAGAGCAATGGGCAGCCGGAGAACAACTACAAGACCACGCCTCCCGTGCTGGACTCCGACGGCTCCTTCTTCCTCTACAGCAAGCTCACCGTGGACAAGAGCAGGTGGCAGCAGGGGAACGTCTTCTCATGCTCCGTGATGCATGAGGCTCTGCACAACCACTACACACAGAAGAGCCTCTCCCTGTCTCCGGGCAAA Clone 13A heavy 266QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFLSSAISWVRQAPGQGLEW chain hIgG1 (andMGSLIPYFGTANYAQKFQGRVTITADESTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYC hIgG1 afucosylated)ARGPSEVGAILGYVWFDPWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGG amino acidTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVP sequence; boldSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVF indicates VHLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLS LSPGK Clone 13B heavy267 CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGGGCTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCTGGG chain hIgG1 (andTCCTCTGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCAAGGCTTCTGGAGGCACCTTCTCTG hIgG1 afucosylated)CCTGGGCTATCAGCTGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTG nucleotide sequence;AGTGGATGGGATCCATCATCCCTTATTTTGGTAAGGCAAACTACGC bold indicatesACAGAAGTTCCAGGGCAGAGTCACCATTACTGCTGATGAATCCACC nucleotide sequenceAGCACAGCCTACATGGAGCTGAGCAGCCTGAGATCTGAGGACACTG of VHCTGTGTACTACTGTGCCAGAGGCCCTTCTGAAGTAAGTGGTATACTGGGATATGTATGGTTTGACCCATGGGGACAGGGTACATTGGTCACCGTCTCCTCAGCTAGCACCAAGGGCCCATCTGTCTTCCCCCTGGCACCCTCCTCCAAGAGCACCTCTGGGGGCACAGCTGCCCTGGGCTGCCTGGTCAAGGACTACTTCCCTGAACCTGTGACAGTGTCCTGGAACTCAGGAGCCCTGACCAGCGGCGTGCACACCTTCCCGGCTGTCCTACAGTCCTCAGGACTCTACTCCCTCAGCAGCGTGGTGACCGTGCCCTCCAGCAGCTTGGGCACCCAGACCTACATCTGCAACGTGAATCACAAGCCCAGCAACACCAAGGTGGACAAGAAAGTTGAGCCCAAATCTTGTGACAAAACTCACACATGCCCACCGTGCCCAGCACCTGAACTCCTGGGGGGACCGTCAGTCTTCCTCTTCCCCCCAAAACCCAAGGACACCCTCATGATCTCCCGGACCCCTGAGGTCACATGCGTGGTGGTGGACGTGAGCCACGAAGACCCTGAGGTCAAGTTCAACTGGTACGTGGACGGCGTGGAGGTGCATAATGCCAAGACAAAGCCGCGGGAGGAGCAGTACAACAGCACGTACCGTGTGGTCAGCGTCCTCACCGTCCTGCACCAGGACTGGCTGAATGGCAAGGAGTACAAGTGCAAGGTCTCCAACAAAGCCCTCCCAGCCCCCATCGAGAAAACCATCTCCAAAGCCAAAGGGCAGCCCCGAGAACCACAGGTTTACACCCTGCCCCCATCCCGGGATGAGCTGACCAAGAACCAGGTCAGCCTGACCTGCCTGGTCAAAGGCTTCTATCCCAGCGACATCGCCGTGGAGTGGGAGAGCAATGGGCAGCCGGAGAACAACTACAAGACCACGCCTCCCGTGCTGGACTCCGACGGCTCCTTCTTCCTCTACAGCAAGCTCACCGTGGACAAGAGCAGGTGGCAGCAGGGGAACGTCTTCTCATGCTCCGTGATGCATGAGGCTCTGCACAACCACTACACACAGAAGAGCCTCTCCCTGTCTCCGGGCAAA Clone 13B heavy 268QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFSAWAISWVRQAPGQGLEW chain hIgG1 (andMGSIIPYFGKANYAQKFQGRVTITADESTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYC hIgG1 afucosylated)ARGPSEVSGILGYVWFDPWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGG amino acidTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVP sequence; boldSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVF indicates VHLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLS LSPGK Clone 13C heavy269 CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGGGCTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCTGGG chain hIgG1 (andTCCTCTGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCAAGGCTTCTGGAGGCACCTTCCTTA hIgG1 afucosylated)GCTCTGCTATCAGCTGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTGA nucleotide sequence;GTGGATGGGAAGTATCATCCCTCTGTTTGGTAAGGCAAACTACGCA bold indicatesCAGAAGTTCCAGGGCAGAGTCACCATTACTGCTGATGAATCCACCA nucleotide sequenceGCACAGCCTACATGGAGCTGAGCAGCCTGAGATCTGAGGACACTGC of VHTGTGTACTACTGTGCCAGAGGCCCTTCTGAAGTAAAGGGTATACTGGGATATGTATGGTTTGACCCATGGGGACAGGGTACATTGGTCACCGTCTCCTCAGCTAGCACCAAGGGCCCATCTGTCTTCCCCCTGGCACCCTCCTCCAAGAGCACCTCTGGGGGCACAGCTGCCCTGGGCTGCCTGGTCAAGGACTACTTCCCTGAACCTGTGACAGTGTCCTGGAACTCAGGAGCCCTGACCAGCGGCGTGCACACCTTCCCGGCTGTCCTACAGTCCTCAGGACTCTACTCCCTCAGCAGCGTGGTGACCGTGCCCTCCAGCAGCTTGGGCACCCAGACCTACATCTGCAACGTGAATCACAAGCCCAGCAACACCAAGGTGGACAAGAAAGTTGAGCCCAAATCTTGTGACAAAACTCACACATGCCCACCGTGCCCAGCACCTGAACTCCTGGGGGGACCGTCAGTCTTCCTCTTCCCCCCAAAACCCAAGGACACCCTCATGATCTCCCGGACCCCTGAGGTCACATGCGTGGTGGTGGACGTGAGCCACGAAGACCCTGAGGTCAAGTTCAACTGGTACGTGGACGGCGTGGAGGTGCATAATGCCAAGACAAAGCCGCGGGAGGAGCAGTACAACAGCACGTACCGTGTGGTCAGCGTCCTCACCGTCCTGCACCAGGACTGGCTGAATGGCAAGGAGTACAAGTGCAAGGTCTCCAACAAAGCCCTCCCAGCCCCCATCGAGAAAACCATCTCCAAAGCCAAAGGGCAGCCCCGAGAACCACAGGTTTACACCCTGCCCCCATCCCGGGATGAGCTGACCAAGAACCAGGTCAGCCTGACCTGCCTGGTCAAAGGCTTCTATCCCAGCGACATCGCCGTGGAGTGGGAGAGCAATGGGCAGCCGGAGAACAACTACAAGACCACGCCTCCCGTGCTGGACTCCGACGGCTCCTTCTTCCTCTACAGCAAGCTCACCGTGGACAAGAGCAGGTGGCAGCAGGGGAACGTCTTCTCATGCTCCGTGATGCATGAGGCTCTGCACAACCACTACACACAGAAGAGCCTCTCCCTGTCTCCGGGCAAA Clone 13C heavy 270QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFLSSAISWVRQAPGQGLEW chain hIgG1 (andMGSIIPLFGKANYAQKFQGRVTITADESTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYC hIgG1 afucosylated)ARGPSEVKGILGYVWFDPWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGG amino acidTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVP sequence; boldSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVF indicates VHLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLS LSPGK Clone 13D heavy271 CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGGGCTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCTGGG chain hIgG1 (andTCCTCTGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCAAGGCTTCTGGAGGCACCTTCCTTA hIgG1 afucosylated)GCTCTGCTATCAGCTGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTGA nucleotide sequence;GTGGATGGGATCCATCATCCCTTATTTTGGTAAGGCAAACTACGCA bold indicatesCAGAAGTTCCAGGGCAGAGTCACCATTACTGCTGATGAATCCACCA nucleotide sequenceGCACAGCCTACATGGAGCTGAGCAGCCTGAGATCTGAGGACACTGC of VHTGTGTACTACTGTGCCAGAGGCCCTTCTGAAGTAAAGGGTATACTGGGATATGTATGGTTTGACCCATGGGGACAGGGTACATTGGTCACCGTCTCCTCAGCTAGCACCAAGGGCCCATCTGTCTTCCCCCTGGCACCCTCCTCCAAGAGCACCTCTGGGGGCACAGCTGCCCTGGGCTGCCTGGTCAAGGACTACTTCCCTGAACCTGTGACAGTGTCCTGGAACTCAGGAGCCCTGACCAGCGGCGTGCACACCTTCCCGGCTGTCCTACAGTCCTCAGGACTCTACTCCCTCAGCAGCGTGGTGACCGTGCCCTCCAGCAGCTTGGGCACCCAGACCTACATCTGCAACGTGAATCACAAGCCCAGCAACACCAAGGTGGACAAGAAAGTTGAGCCCAAATCTTGTGACAAAACTCACACATGCCCACCGTGCCCAGCACCTGAACTCCTGGGGGGACCGTCAGTCTTCCTCTTCCCCCCAAAACCCAAGGACACCCTCATGATCTCCCGGACCCCTGAGGTCACATGCGTGGTGGTGGACGTGAGCCACGAAGACCCTGAGGTCAAGTTCAACTGGTACGTGGACGGCGTGGAGGTGCATAATGCCAAGACAAAGCCGCGGGAGGAGCAGTACAACAGCACGTACCGTGTGGTCAGCGTCCTCACCGTCCTGCACCAGGACTGGCTGAATGGCAAGGAGTACAAGTGCAAGGTCTCCAACAAAGCCCTCCCAGCCCCCATCGAGAAAACCATCTCCAAAGCCAAAGGGCAGCCCCGAGAACCACAGGTTTACACCCTGCCCCCATCCCGGGATGAGCTGACCAAGAACCAGGTCAGCCTGACCTGCCTGGTCAAAGGCTTCTATCCCAGCGACATCGCCGTGGAGTGGGAGAGCAATGGGCAGCCGGAGAACAACTACAAGACCACGCCTCCCGTGCTGGACTCCGACGGCTCCTTCTTCCTCTACAGCAAGCTCACCGTGGACAAGAGCAGGTGGCAGCAGGGGAACGTCTTCTCATGCTCCGTGATGCATGAGGCTCTGCACAACCACTACACACAGAAGAGCCTCTCCCTGTCTCCGGGCAAA Clone 13D heavy 272QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFLSSAISWVRQAPGQGLEW chain hIgG1 (andMGSIIPYFGKANYAQKFQGRVTITADESTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYC hIgG1 afucosylated)ARGPSEVKGILGYVWFDPWGQGTLVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGG amino acidTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVP sequence; boldSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVF indicates VHLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSRDELTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLS LSPGKClone 13, 13A, 13B, 273 GATATTGTGATGACTCAGTCTCCACTCTCCCTGCCCGTCACCCCTG13C, and 13D light GAGAGCCGGCCTCCATCTCCTGCAGGTCTAGTCAGAGCCTCCTGCAchain hkappa (and TAGTAATGGATACAACTATTTGGATTGGTACCTGCAGAAGCCAGGGafucosylated) CAGTCTCCACAGCTCCTGATCTATTTGGGTTCTAATCGGGCCTCCGnucleotide sequence; GGGTCCCTGACAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGATCAGGCACAGATTTTACbold indicates ACTGAAAATCAGCAGAGTGGAGGCTGAGGATGTTGGGGTTTATTACnucleotide sequence TGCATGCAGGCAAGACGAATCCCTATCACTTTTGGCGGAGGGACCA of VLAGGTTGAGATCAAACGTACGGTGGCTGCACCATCTGTCTTCATCTTCCCGCCATCTGATGAGCAGTTGAAATCTGGAACTGCCTCTGTTGTGTGCCTGCTGAATAACTTCTATCCCAGAGAGGCCAAAGTACAGTGGAAGGTGGATAACGCCCTCCAATCGGGTAACTCCCAGGAGAGTGTCACAGAGCAGGACAGCAAGGACAGCACCTACAGCCTCAGCAGCACCCTGACGCTGAGCAAAGCAGACTACGAGAAACACAAAGTCTACGCCTGCGAAGTCACCCATCAGGGCCTGAGCTCGCCCGTCACAAAGAGCTTCAACAGGGGAGAGTGT Clone 13, 13A, 13B, 274DIVMTQSPLSLPVTPGEPASISCRSSQSLLHSNGYNYLDWYLQKPGQSP 13C, and 13D lightQLLIYLGSNRASGVPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLKISRVEAEDVGVYYCMQAR chain hkappa (andRIPITFGGGTKVEIKRTVAAPSVFIFPPSDEQLKSGTASVVCLLNNFYPREA afucosylated) aminoKVQWKVDNALQSGNSQESVTEQDSKDSTYSLSSTLTLSKADYEKHKVYAC acid sequence; boldEVTHQGLSSPVTKSFNRGEC indicates VL Clone 13 heavy 275CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGGGCTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCTGGG chain mIgG2a (andTCCTCTGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCAAGGCTTCTGGAGGCACCTTCAGCA afucosylated)GCTATGCTATCAGCTGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTGA nucleotide sequence;GTGGATGGGAAGCATCATCCCTATCTTTGGTACAGCAAACTACGCA bold indicatesCAGAAGTTCCAGGGCAGAGTCACCATTACTGCTGATGAATCCACCA nucleotide sequenceGCACAGCCTACATGGAGCTGAGCAGCCTGAGATCTGAGGACACTGC of VHTGTGTACTACTGTGCCAGAGGCCCTTCTGAAGTAGGAGCAATACTGGGATATGTATGGTTTGACCCATGGGGACAGGGTACATTGGTCACCGTCTCCTCAGCTAAAACAACAGCCCCATCGGTCTATCCGCTAGCCCCTGTGTGTGGAGATACAACTGGCTCCTCGGTGACTCTAGGATGCCTGGTCAAGGGTTATTTCCCTGAGCCAGTGACCTTGACCTGGAACTCTGGATCCCTGTCCAGTGGTGTGCACACCTTCCCAGCTGTCCTGCAGTCTGACCTCTACACCCTCAGCAGCTCAGTGACTGTAACCTCTAGCACCTGGCCCAGCCAGTCCATCACCTGCAATGTGGCCCACCCGGCAAGCAGCACCAAGGTGGACAAGAAAATTGAGCCCAGAGGGCCCACAATCAAGCCCTGTCCTCCATGCAAATGCCCAGCACCTAACGCTGCTGGTGGACCATCCGTCTTCATCTTCCCTCCAAAGATCAAGGATGTACTCATGATCTCCCTGAGCCCCATAGTCACATGTGTGGTGGTGGATGTGAGCGAGGATGACCCAGATGTCCAGATCAGCTGGTTTGTGAACAACGTGGAAGTACACACAGCTCAGACACAAACCCATAGAGAGGATTACAACAGTACTCTCCGGGTGGTCAGTGCCCTCCCCATCCAGCACCAGGACTGGATGAGTGGCAAGGAGTTCAAATGCAAGGTCAACAACAAAGACCTCGGGGCGCCCATCGAGAGAACCATCTCAAAACCCAAAGGCTCAGTAAGAGCTCCACAGGTATATGTCTTGCCTCCACCAGAAGAAGAGATGACTAAGAAACAGGTCACTCTGACCTGCATGGTCACAGACTTCATGCCTGAAGACATTTACGTGGAGTGGACCAACAACGGGAAAACAGAGCTAAACTACAAGAACACTGAACCAGTCCTGGACTCTGATGGTTCTTACTTCATGTACAGCAAGCTGAGAGTGGAAAAGAAGAACTGGGTGGAAAGAAATAGCTACTCCTGTTCAGTGGTCCACGAGGGTCTGCACAATCACCACACGACTAAGAG CTTCTCCCGGACTCCGGGCAAAClone 13 heavy 276 QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFSSYAISWVRQAPGQGLEWchain mIgG2a (and MGSIIPIFGTANYAQKFQGRVTITADESTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYCAafucosylated) amino RGPSEVGAILGYVWFDPWGQGTLVTVSSAKTTAPSVYPLAPVCGDTTGSacid sequence; bold SVTLGCLVKGYFPEPVTLTWNSGSLSSGVHTFPAVLQSDLYTLSSSVTVTSSindicates VH TWPSQSITCNVAHPASSTKVDKKIEPRGPTIKPCPPCKCPAPNAAGGPSVFIFPPKIKDVLMISLSPIVTCVVVDVSEDDPDVQISWFVNNVEVHTAQTQTHREDYNSTLRVVSALPIQHQDWMSGKEFKCKVNNKDLGAPIERTISKPKGSVRAPQVYVLPPPEEEMTKKQVTLTCMVTDFMPEDIYVEWTNNGKTELNYKNILPVLDSDGSYFMYSKLRVEKKNWVERNSYSCSVVHEGLHNHHTTKSFSRTP GK Clone 13 heavy 277CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGGGCTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCTGGG chain mIgG2aTCCTCTGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCAAGGCTTCTGGAGGCACCTTCAGCA LALA-PGGCTATGCTATCAGCTGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTGA nucleotide sequence;GTGGATGGGAAGCATCATCCCTATCTTTGGTACAGCAAACTACGCA bold indicatesCAGAAGTTCCAGGGCAGAGTCACCATTACTGCTGATGAATCCACCA nucleotide sequenceGCACAGCCTACATGGAGCTGAGCAGCCTGAGATCTGAGGACACTGC of VHTGTGTACTACTGTGCCAGAGGCCCTTCTGAAGTAGGAGCAATACTGGGATATGTATGGTTTGACCCATGGGGACAGGGTACATTGGTCACCGTCTCCTCAGCTAAAACAACAGCCCCATCGGTCTATCCGCTAGCCCCTGTGTGTGGAGATACAACTGGCTCCTCGGTGACTCTAGGATGCCTGGTCAAGGGTTATTTCCCTGAGCCAGTGACCTTGACCTGGAACTCTGGATCCCTGTCCAGTGGTGTGCACACCTTCCCAGCTGTCCTGCAGTCTGACCTCTACACCCTCAGCAGCTCAGTGACTGTAACCTCTAGCACCTGGCCCAGCCAGTCCATCACCTGCAATGTGGCCCACCCGGCAAGCAGCACCAAGGTGGACAAGAAAATTGAGCCCAGAGGGCCCACAATCAAGCCCTGTCCTCCATGCAAATGCCCAGCACCTAACGCTGCTGGTGGACCATCCGTCTTCATCTTCCCTCCAAAGATCAAGGATGTACTCATGATCTCCCTGAGCCCCATAGTCACATGTGTGGTGGTGGATGTGAGCGAGGATGACCCAGATGTCCAGATCAGCTGGTTTGTGAACAACGTGGAAGTACACACAGCTCAGACACAAACCCATAGAGAGGATTACAACAGTACTCTCCGGGTGGTCAGTGCCCTCCCCATCCAGCACCAGGACTGGATGAGTGGCAAGGAGTTCAAATGCAAGGTCAACAACAAAGACCTCGGGGCGCCCATCGAGAGAACCATCTCAAAACCCAAAGGCTCAGTAAGAGCTCCACAGGTATATGTCTTGCCTCCACCAGAAGAAGAGATGACTAAGAAACAGGTCACTCTGACCTGCATGGTCACAGACTTCATGCCTGAAGACATTTACGTGGAGTGGACCAACAACGGGAAAACAGAGCTAAACTACAAGAACACTGAACCAGTCCTGGACTCTGATGGTTCTTACTTCATGTACAGCAAGCTGAGAGTGGAAAAGAAGAACTGGGTGGAAAGAAATAGCTACTCCTGTTCAGTGGTCCACGAGGGTCTGCACAATCACCACACGACTAAGAG CTTCTCCCGGACTCCGGGCAAAClone 13 heavy 278 QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFSSYAISWVRQAPGQGLEWchain mIgG2a MGSIIPIFGTANYAQKFQGRVTITADESTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYCA LALA-PGRGPSEVGAILGYVWFDPWGQGTLVTVSSAKTTAPSVYPLAPVCGDTTGS amino acidSVTLGCLVKGYFPEPVTLTWNSGSLSSGVHTFPAVLQSDLYTLSSSVTVTSS sequence; boldTWPSQSITCNVAHPASSTKVDKKIEPRGPTIKPCPPCKCPAPNAAGGPSVFIF indicates VHPPKIKDVLMISLSPIVTCVVVDVSEDDPDVQISWFVNNVEVHTAQTQTHREDYNSTLRVVSALPIQHQDWMSGKEFKCKVNNKDLGAPIERTISKPKGSVRAPQVYVLPPPEEEMTKKQVTLTCMVTDFMPEDIYVEWTNNGKTELNYKNILPVLDSDGSYFMYSKLRVEKKNWVERNSYSCSVVHEGLHNHHTTKSFSRTP GK Clone 13 heavy 279CAGGTGCAGCTGGTGCAGTCTGGGGCTGAGGTGAAGAAGCCTGGG chain mIgG1TCCTCTGTGAAGGTCTCCTGCAAGGCTTCTGGAGGCACCTTCAGCA nucleotide sequence;GCTATGCTATCAGCTGGGTGCGACAGGCCCCTGGACAAGGGCTTGA bold indicatesGTGGATGGGAAGCATCATCCCTATCTTTGGTACAGCAAACTACGCA nucleotide sequenceCAGAAGTTCCAGGGCAGAGTCACCATTACTGCTGATGAATCCACCA of VHGCACAGCCTACATGGAGCTGAGCAGCCTGAGATCTGAGGACACTGCTGTGTACTACTGTGCCAGAGGCCCTTCTGAAGTAGGAGCAATACTGGGATATGTATGGTTTGACCCATGGGGACAGGGTACATTGGTCACCGTCTCCTCAGCCAAAACGACACCCCCATCTGTCTATCCGCTAGCCCCTGGATCTGCTGCCCAAACTAACTCCATGGTGACCCTGGGATGCCTGGTCAAGGGCTATTTCCCTGAGCCAGTGACAGTGACCTGGAACTCTGGATCCCTGTCCAGCGGTGTGCACACCTTCCCAGCTGTCCTGGAGTCTGACCTCTACACTCTGAGCAGCTCAGTGACTGTCCCCTCCAGCCCTCGGCCCAGCGAGACCGTCACCTGCAACGTTGCCCACCCGGCCAGCAGCACCAAGGTGGACAAGAAAATTGTGCCCAGGGATTGTGGTTGTAAGCCTTGCATCTGTACAGTCCCAGAAGTATCATCTGTCTTCATCTTCCCCCCAAAGCCCAAGGATGTGCTCACCATTACTCTGACTCCTAAGGTCACGTGTGTTGTGGTAGACATCAGCAAGGATGATCCCGAGGTCCAGTTCAGCTGGTTTGTAGATGATGTGGAGGTGCACACAGCTCAGACGCAACCCCGGGAGGAGCAGTTCAACAGCACTTTCCGCTCAGTCAGTGAACTTCCCATCATGCACCAGGACTGGCTCAATGGCAAGGAGTTCAAATGCAGGGTCAACAGTGCAGCTTTCCCTGCCCCCATCGAGAAAACCATCTCCAAAACCAAAGGCAGACCGAAGGCTCCACAGGTGTACACCATTCCACCTCCCAAGGAGCAGATGGCCAAGGATAAAGTCAGTCTGACCTGCATGATAACAGACTTCTTCCCTGAAGACATTACTGTGGAGTGGCAGTGGAATGGGCAGCCAGCGGAGAACTACAAGAACACTCAGCCCATCATGAACACGAATGGCTCTTACTTCGTCTACAGCAAGCTCAATGTGCAGAAGAGCAACTGGGAGGCAGGAAATACTTTCACCTGCTCTGTGTTACATGAGGGCCTGCACAACCACCATACTGAGAAGAGCCTCTCCCACTCTCCTG GCAAA Clone 13 heavy280 QVQLVQSGAEVKKPGSSVKVSCKASGGTFSSYAISWVRQAPGQGLEW chain mIgG1 aminoMGSIIPIFGTANYAQKFQGRVTITADESTSTAYMELSSLRSEDTAVYYCA acid sequence; boldRGPSEVGAILGYVWFDPWGQGTLVTVSSAKTTPPSVYPLAPGSAAQTNS indicates VHMVTLGCLVKGYFPEPVTVTWNSGSLSSGVHTFPAVLESDLYTLSSSVTVPSSPRPSETVTCNVAHPASSTKVDKKIVPRDCGCKPCICTVPEVSSVFIFPPKPKDVLTITLTPKVTCVVVDISKDDPEVQFSWFVDDVEVHTAQTQPREEQFNSTFRSVSELPIMHQDWLNGKEFKCRVNSAAFPAPIEKTISKTKGRPKAPQVYTIPPPKEQMAKDKVSLTCMITDFFPEDITVEWQWNGQPAENYKNTQPIMNTNGSYFVYSKLNVQKSNWEAGNTFTCSVLHEGLHNHHTEKSLSHSPGK Clone 13 light chain 281GATATTGTGATGACTCAGTCTCCACTCTCCCTGCCCGTCACCCCTG mKappa nucleotideGAGAGCCGGCCTCCATCTCCTGCAGGTCTAGTCAGAGCCTCCTGCA sequence; boldTAGTAATGGATACAACTATTTGGATTGGTACCTGCAGAAGCCAGGG indicates nucleotideCAGTCTCCACAGCTCCTGATCTATTTGGGTTCTAATCGGGCCTCCG sequence of VHGGGTCCCTGACAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGATCAGGCACAGATTTTACACTGAAAATCAGCAGAGTGGAGGCTGAGGATGTTGGGGTTTATTACTGCATGCAGGCAAGACGAATCCCTATCACTTTTGGCGGAGGGACCAAGGTTGAGATCAAACGTGCAGATGCGGCGCCAACTGTATCCATCTTCCCACCATCCAGTGAGCAGTTAACATCTGGAGGTGCCTCAGTCGTGTGCTTCTTGAACAACTTCTACCCCAAAGACATCAATGTCAAGTGGAAGATTGATGGCAGTGAACGACAAAATGGCGTCCTGAACAGTTGGACTGATCAGGACAGCAAAGACAGCACCTACAGCATGAGCAGCACCCTCACGTTGACCAAGGACGAGTATGAACGACATAACAGCTATACCTGTGAGGCCACTCACAAGACATCAACTTCACCCATTGTCAAGAGCTTCAACAGGAATGAGTGT Clone 13 light chain 282DIVMTQSPLSLPVTPGEPASISCRSSQSLLHSNGYNYLDWYLQKPGQSP mKappa amino acidQLLIYLGSNRASGVPDRFSGSGSGTDFTLKISRVEAEDVGVYYCMQAR sequence; boldRIPITFGGGTKVEIKRADAAPTVSIFPPSSEQLTSGGASVVCFLNNFYPKDI indicates VLNVKWKIDGSERQNGVLNSWTDQDSKDSTYSMSSTLTLTKDEYERHNSYTC EATHKTSTSPIVKSFNRNEC

What is claimed is:
 1. An isolated antibody that binds to human TIGIT(T-cell immunoreceptor with Ig and ITIM domains), wherein the antibodycomprises a heavy chain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 and a light chain CDR1,CDR2, and CDR3 comprising the sequences of: (a) SEQ ID NOs: 58, 60, 62,67, 69, and 71, respectively; or (b) SEQ ID NOs: 224, 225, 62, 67, 69,and 71, respectively; or (c) SEQ ID NOs: 226, 227, 228, 67, 69, and 71,respectively; or (d) SEQ ID NOs: 224, 229, 230, 67, 69, and 71,respectively; or (e) SEQ ID NOs: 224, 227, 230, 67, 69, and 71,respectively.
 2. The isolated antibody of claim 1, comprising a heavychain variable region comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO:55, SEQ ID NO:246, SEQ ID NO:247, SEQ ID NO:248, or SEQ ID NO:249 anda light chain variable region comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQID NO:64.
 3. The isolated antibody of claim 1, comprising a heavy chaincomprising an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs: 260, 262,264, 266, 268, 270, and 272; and a light chain comprising the amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO:
 274. 4. The isolated antibody of claim 1, whereinthe antibody is afucosylated.
 5. A pharmaceutical formulation comprisingthe isolated antibody of claim 1 and a pharmaceutically acceptablecarrier.
 6. A bispecific antibody comprising the antibody of claim
 1. 7.An antibody-drug conjugate comprising the antibody of claim 1 conjugatedto a cytotoxic agent.
 8. An isolated polynucleotide that encodes anantibody that binds to human TIGIT (T-cell immunoreceptor with Ig andITIM domains), wherein the antibody comprises a heavy chain CDR1, CDR2,and CDR3 and a light chain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 comprising the sequencesof: (a) SEQ ID NOs: 58, 60, 62, 67, 69, and 71, respectively; or (b) SEQID NOs: 224, 225, 62, 67, 69, and 71, respectively; or (c) SEQ ID NOs:226, 227, 228, 67, 69, and 71, respectively; or (d) SEQ ID NOs: 224,229, 230, 67, 69, and 71, respectively; or (e) SEQ ID NOs: 224, 227,230, 67, 69, and 71, respectively.
 9. The isolated polynucleotide ofclaim 8, wherein the polynucleotide comprises a nucleotide sequenceselected from SEQ ID NOs: 259, 261, 163, 265, 267, 269, and 271; and/orthe nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:
 273. 10. A vector comprising theisolated polynucleotide of claim
 8. 11. A host cell comprising theisolated polynucleotide of claim
 8. 12. A host cell that expresses theantibody of claim
 1. 13. A method of producing an antibody, comprisingculturing the host cell of claim 12 under conditions suitable forproducing the antibody.
 14. A composition comprising isolated antibodiesthat bind to human TIGIT, wherein at least 90% of the antibodies in thecomposition are afucosylated, and wherein each of the antibodies in thecomposition comprises a heavy chain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 and a lightchain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 comprising the sequences of: (a) SEQ ID NOs:58, 60, 62, 67, 69, and 71, respectively; or (b) SEQ ID NOs: 224, 225,62, 67, 69, and 71, respectively; or (c) SEQ ID NOs: 226, 227, 228, 67,69, and 71, respectively; or (d) SEQ ID NOs: 224, 229, 230, 67, 69, and71, respectively; or (e) SEQ ID NOs: 224, 227, 230, 67, 69, and 71,respectively.
 15. The composition of claim 14, wherein each of theantibodies comprises a heavy chain variable region comprising the aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO:55, SEQ ID NO:246, SEQ ID NO:247, SEQ IDNO:248, or SEQ ID NO:249 and a light chain variable region comprisingthe amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:64.
 16. The composition of claim14, wherein each of the antibodies comprises a heavy chain comprising anamino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs: 260, 262, 264, 266, 268,270, and 272; and a light chain comprising the amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO:
 274. 17. The composition of claim 14, wherein each antibodyis a bispecific antibody.
 18. The composition of claim 14, wherein eachantibody is conjugated to a cytotoxic agent.
 19. A pharmaceuticalformulation comprising the composition of claim 14 and apharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
 20. A host cell that expresses anantibody that binds to human TIGIT (T-cell immunoreceptor with Ig andITIM domains), wherein the host cell is engineered to produceafucosylated antibodies, and wherein the antibody comprises a heavychain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 and a light chain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3comprising the sequences of: (a) SEQ ID NOs: 58, 60, 62, 67, 69, and 71,respectively; or (b) SEQ ID NOs: 224, 225, 62, 67, 69, and 71,respectively; or (c) SEQ ID NOs: 226, 227, 228, 67, 69, and 71,respectively; or (d) SEQ ID NOs: 224, 229, 230, 67, 69, and 71,respectively; or (e) SEQ ID NOs: 224, 227, 230, 67, 69, and 71,respectively.
 21. A method of producing afucosylated antibodies thatbind TIGIT, comprising culturing the host cell of claim 20 underconditions suitable for producing the afucosylated antibodies.
 22. Amethod of producing afucosylated antibodies that bind TIGIT (T-cellimmunoreceptor with Ig and ITIM domains), comprising culturing a hostcell that expresses an antibody that binds human TIGIT in the presenceof a fucose analogue under conditions suitable for producingafucosylated antibodies, wherein the antibody comprises a heavy chainCDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 and a light chain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 comprisingthe sequences of: (a) SEQ ID NOs: 58, 60, 62, 67, 69, and 71,respectively; or (b) SEQ ID NOs: 224, 225, 62, 67, 69, and 71,respectively; or (c) SEQ ID NOs: 226, 227, 228, 67, 69, and 71,respectively; or (d) SEQ ID NOs: 224, 229, 230, 67, 69, and 71,respectively; or (e) SEQ ID NOs: 224, 227, 230, 67, 69, and 71,respectively.
 23. The isolated antibody of claim 1, wherein the antibodyis an IgG1 antibody, wherein the antibody is afucosylated, and whereinthe antibody binds with increased affinity to FcγRIIIa and binds withdecreased affinity to FcγRIIa and FcγRIIb, compared to the same antibodythat is not afucosylated.
 24. The composition of claim 14, wherein eachof the antibodies in the composition is an IgG1 antibody, and whereinthe antibodies bind with increased affinity to FcγRIIIa and bind withdecreased affinity to FcγRIIa and FcγRIIb, compared to a composition ofthe same antibodies that are not afucosylated.
 25. The isolated antibodyof claim 1, wherein the antibody is afucosylated, and wherein theantibody has a binding affinity (K_(D)) for human TIGIT of less than 5nM.
 26. A composition of isolated antibodies that bind to human TIGIT,wherein the antibodies are produced by a method comprising (a) culturinga host cell in the presence of a fucose analogue under conditionssuitable for producing afucosylated antibodies, or (b) culturing a hostcell engineered to produce afucosylated antibodies; wherein the hostcell comprises a polynucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequenceencoding the antibody of claim
 1. 27. The composition of claim 26,wherein at least 90% of the antibodies in the composition areafucosylated.
 28. An isolated antibody that binds to human TIGIT (T-cellimmunoreceptor with Ig and ITIM domains), wherein the antibody comprisesa heavy chain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 and a light chain CDR1, CDR2, andCDR3 comprising the sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 58, 60, 62, 67, 69, and 71,respectively.
 29. The isolated antibody of claim 28, wherein theantibody comprises a heavy chain variable region comprising the aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO:55 and a light chain variable regioncomprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:64.
 30. The isolatedantibody of claim 28, comprising a heavy chain comprising an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 260 and a light chain comprising the amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO:
 274. 31. An isolated antibody that binds to humanTIGIT (T-cell immunoreceptor with Ig and ITIM domains), wherein theantibody comprises a heavy chain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 and a light chainCDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 comprising the sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 58, 60, 62,67, 69, and 71, respectively, wherein the antibody is afucosylated. 32.The isolated antibody of claim 31, wherein the antibody comprises aheavy chain variable region comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO:55 and a light chain variable region comprising the amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO:64.
 33. The isolated antibody of claim 32, whereinthe antibody comprises a heavy chain comprising an amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 260 and a light chain comprising the amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO:
 274. 34. A pharmaceutical formulation comprising theisolated antibody of claim 28 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.35. A pharmaceutical formulation comprising the isolated antibody ofclaim 29 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
 36. A pharmaceuticalformulation comprising the isolated antibody of claim 30 and apharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
 37. A pharmaceutical formulationcomprising the isolated antibody of claim 31 and a pharmaceuticallyacceptable carrier.
 38. A pharmaceutical formulation comprising theisolated antibody of claim 32 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.39. A pharmaceutical formulation comprising the isolated antibody ofclaim 33 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
 40. The isolatedpolynucleotide of claim 8, wherein the antibody comprises a heavy chainCDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 and a light chain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 comprisingthe sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 58, 60, 62, 67, 69, and 71, respectively.41. The isolated polynucleotide of claim 40, wherein the antibodycomprises a heavy chain variable region comprising the amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO:55 and a light chain variable region comprisingthe amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:64.
 42. The isolated polynucleotideof claim 40, wherein the antibody comprises a heavy chain comprising anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 260 and a light chain comprising theamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
 274. 43. The isolated polynucleotideof claim 40, wherein the polynucleotide comprises the nucleotidesequence of SEQ ID NO: 259 and/or the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:273.
 44. A vector comprising the isolated polynucleotide of claim 40.45. A vector comprising the isolated polynucleotide of claim
 41. 46. Avector comprising the isolated polynucleotide of claim
 42. 47. A vectorcomprising the isolated polynucleotide of claim
 43. 48. A host cellcomprising the isolated polynucleotide of claim
 40. 49. A host cellcomprising the isolated polynucleotide of claim
 41. 50. A host cellcomprising the isolated polynucleotide of claim
 42. 51. A host cellcomprising the isolated polynucleotide of claim
 43. 52. A host cell thatexpresses the antibody of claim
 28. 53. A host cell that expresses theantibody of claim
 29. 54. A host cell that expresses the antibody ofclaim
 30. 55. A host cell that expresses the antibody of claim
 31. 56. Ahost cell that expresses the antibody of claim
 32. 57. A host cell thatexpresses the antibody of claim
 33. 58. A method of producing anantibody, comprising culturing the host cell of claim 52 underconditions suitable for producing the antibody.
 59. A method ofproducing an antibody, comprising culturing the host cell of claim 53under conditions suitable for producing the antibody.
 60. A method ofproducing an antibody, comprising culturing the host cell of claim 54under conditions suitable for producing the antibody.
 61. A method ofproducing an antibody, comprising culturing the host cell of claim 55under conditions suitable for producing the antibody.
 62. A method ofproducing an antibody, comprising culturing the host cell of claim 56under conditions suitable for producing the antibody.
 63. A method ofproducing an antibody, comprising culturing the host cell of claim 57under conditions suitable for producing the antibody.
 64. The method ofclaim 13, further comprising isolating the antibody.
 65. The method ofclaim 58, further comprising isolating the antibody.
 66. The method ofclaim 59, further comprising isolating the antibody.
 67. The method ofclaim 60, further comprising isolating the antibody.
 68. The method ofclaim 61, further comprising isolating the antibody.
 69. The method ofclaim 62, further comprising isolating the antibody.
 70. The method ofclaim 63, further comprising isolating the antibody.
 71. A compositioncomprising isolated antibodies that bind to human TIGIT, wherein atleast 90% of the antibodies in the composition are afucosylated, whereineach of the antibodies in the composition comprises a heavy chain CDR1,CDR2, and CDR3 and a light chain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 comprising thesequences of SEQ ID NOs: 58, 60, 62, 67, 69, and 71, respectively. 72.The composition of claim 71, wherein each of the antibodies in thecomposition comprises a heavy chain variable region comprising the aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO:55 and a light chain variable regioncomprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:64.
 73. The compositionof claim 71, wherein each of the antibodies in the composition comprisesa heavy chain comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 260 and alight chain comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
 274. 74. Apharmaceutical formulation comprising the composition of claim 71 and apharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
 75. A pharmaceutical formulationcomprising the composition of claim 72 and a pharmaceutically acceptablecarrier.
 76. A pharmaceutical formulation comprising the composition ofclaim 73 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
 77. The host cell ofclaim 20, wherein the antibody comprises a heavy chain CDR1, CDR2, andCDR3 and a light chain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 comprising the sequences ofSEQ ID NOs: 58, 60, 62, 67, 69, and 71, respectively.
 78. The host cellof claim 77, wherein the antibody comprises a heavy chain variableregion comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:55 and a lightchain variable region comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO:64.
 79. The host cell of claim 77, wherein the antibody comprises aheavy chain comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 260 and alight chain comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
 274. 80. Amethod of producing afucosylated antibodies that bind TIGIT, comprisingculturing the host cell of claim 77 under conditions suitable forproducing the afucosylated antibodies.
 81. A method of producingafucosylated antibodies that bind TIGIT, comprising culturing the hostcell of claim 78 under conditions suitable for producing theafucosylated antibodies.
 82. A method of producing afucosylatedantibodies that bind TIGIT, comprising culturing the host cell of claim79 under conditions suitable for producing the afucosylated antibodies.83. The method of claim 80, further comprising isolating theafucosylated antibodies.
 84. The method of claim 81, further comprisingisolating the afucosylated antibodies.
 85. The method of claim 82,further comprising isolating the afucosylated antibodies.
 86. The methodof claim 22, wherein the antibody comprises a heavy chain CDR1, CDR2,and CDR3 and a light chain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 comprising the sequencesof SEQ ID NOs: 58, 60, 62, 67, 69, and 71, respectively.
 87. The methodof claim 86, wherein the antibody comprises a heavy chain variableregion comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:55 and a lightchain variable region comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO:64.
 88. The method of claim 86, wherein the antibody comprises aheavy chain comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 260 and alight chain comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
 274. 89.The method of claim 86, further comprising isolating the afucosylatedantibodies.
 90. The method of claim 87, further comprising isolating theafucosylated antibodies.
 91. The method of claim 88, further comprisingisolating the afucosylated antibodies.
 92. The isolated antibody ofclaim 28, wherein the antibody is an IgG1 antibody, wherein the antibodyis afucosylated, and wherein the antibody binds with increased affinityto FcγRIIIa and binds with decreased affinity to FcγRIIa and FcγRIIb,compared to the same antibody that is not afucosylated.
 93. The isolatedantibody of claim 29, wherein the antibody is an IgG1 antibody, whereinthe antibody is afucosylated, and wherein the antibody binds withincreased affinity to FcγRIIIa and binds with decreased affinity toFcγRIIa and FcγRIIb, compared to the same antibody that is notafucosylated.
 94. The isolated antibody of claim 30, wherein theantibody is afucosylated, and wherein the antibody binds with increasedaffinity to FcγRIIIa and binds with decreased affinity to FcγRIIa andFcγRIIb, compared to the same antibody that is not afucosylated.
 95. Thecomposition of claim 71, wherein each of the antibodies in thecomposition is an IgG1 antibody, and wherein the antibodies bind withincreased affinity to FcγRIIIa and bind with decreased affinity toFcγRIIa and FcγRIIb, compared to a composition of the same antibodiesthat are not afucosylated.
 96. The composition of claim 72, wherein eachof the antibodies in the composition is an IgG1 antibody, and whereinthe antibodies bind with increased affinity to FcγRIIIa and bind withdecreased affinity to FcγRIIa and FcγRIIb, compared to a composition ofthe same antibodies that are not afucosylated.
 97. The composition ofclaim 73, wherein the antibodies bind with increased affinity toFcγRIIIa and bind with decreased affinity to FcγRIIa and FcγRIIb,compared to a composition of the same antibodies that are notafucosylated.
 98. The isolated antibody of claim 28, wherein theantibody is afucosylated, and wherein the antibody has a bindingaffinity (K_(D)) for human TIGIT of less than 5 nM.
 99. The isolatedantibody of claim 29, wherein the antibody is afucosylated, and whereinthe antibody has a binding affinity (K_(D)) for human TIGIT of less than5 nM.
 100. The isolated antibody of claim 30, wherein the antibody isafucosylated, and wherein the antibody has a binding affinity (K_(D))for human TIGIT of less than 5 nM.
 101. A composition of isolatedantibodies that bind to human TIGIT, wherein the antibodies are producedby a method comprising (a) culturing a host cell in the presence of afucose analogue under conditions suitable for producing afucosylatedantibodies, or (b) culturing a host cell engineered to produceafucosylated antibodies; wherein the host cell comprises apolynucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding the antibody ofclaim
 28. 102. A composition of isolated antibodies that bind to humanTIGIT, wherein the antibodies are produced by a method comprising (a)culturing a host cell in the presence of a fucose analogue underconditions suitable for producing afucosylated antibodies, or (b)culturing a host cell engineered to produce afucosylated antibodies;wherein the host cell comprises a polynucleotide comprising a nucleotidesequence encoding the antibody of claim
 29. 103. A composition ofisolated antibodies that bind to human TIGIT, wherein the antibodies areproduced by a method comprising (a) culturing a host cell in thepresence of a fucose analogue under conditions suitable for producingafucosylated antibodies, or (b) culturing a host cell engineered toproduce afucosylated antibodies; wherein the host cell comprises apolynucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding the antibody ofclaim
 30. 104. The composition of claim 101, wherein at least 90% of theantibodies in the composition are afucosylated.
 105. The composition ofclaim 101, wherein at least 95% of the antibodies in the composition areafucosylated.
 106. The composition of claim 101, wherein at least 97% ofthe antibodies in the composition are afucosylated.
 107. The compositionof claim 102, wherein at least 90% of the antibodies in the compositionare afucosylated.
 108. The composition of claim 102, wherein at least95% of the antibodies in the composition are afucosylated.
 109. Thecomposition of claim 102, wherein at least 97% of the antibodies in thecomposition are afucosylated.
 110. The composition of claim 103, whereinat least 90% of the antibodies in the composition are afucosylated. 111.The composition of claim 103, wherein at least 95% of the antibodies inthe composition are afucosylated.
 112. The composition of claim 103,wherein at least 97% of the antibodies in the composition areafucosylated.
 113. The composition of claim 14, wherein at least 95% ofthe antibodies in the composition are afucosylated.
 114. The compositionof claim 14, wherein at least 97% of the antibodies in the compositionare afucosylated.
 115. The composition of claim 27, wherein at least 95%of the antibodies in the composition are afucosylated.
 116. Thecomposition of claim 27, wherein at least 97% of the antibodies in thecomposition are afucosylated.
 117. The composition of claim 71, whereinat least 95% of the antibodies in the composition are afucosylated. 118.The composition of claim 71, wherein at least 97% of the antibodies inthe composition are afucosylated.
 119. The composition of claim 72,wherein at least 95% of the antibodies in the composition areafucosylated.
 120. The composition of claim 72, wherein at least 97% ofthe antibodies in the composition are afucosylated.
 121. The compositionof claim 73, wherein at least 95% of the antibodies in the compositionare afucosylated.
 122. The composition of claim 73, wherein at least 97%of the antibodies in the composition are afucosylated.